INDEX. 



491 



Shooting — continued. 



Turkey, 131 



Prairie Hen, 152 



AVoodcock, 169, 170, 171, 172 



Snipe, 188 to 194 



Reed Bird, 198 



Rail, 210, 211 



King Rail, 221 



Clapper Rail, 223 



Curlew, 228, 231 



Plover, 234, 237 



AVillet, 239 



Quail Snipe, 242, 243 



Wild Fowl, 244, 245, 246 



Wild Fowl Shooting on the Chesa- 

 peake, 246, 247, 248 



by toling Ducks, 259 



by boating Ducks, 264 



from Dug-outs, 266 



from a Surface Boat, 267 



from a Coffin Boat, 267 



from a Battery, 267 



from a Sink, 267 



from a Box, 267 



from an Ambush, 275 



off Points, 276 



Point, 279 



art of Duck, 282 



further instructions on, 284 



on the Chesapeake, 288 



called Dusking, 305 



Wild Geese in Canada, 312 



Pennat's description of shooting 

 Wild Geese, 312 



from sand flats, 313 



Brant on Long Island, 316 



Swan, 319 



Rabbit, 327 



Squirrel, 337 

 Short-billed Curlew, 226 

 Shot-bags or Pouches — 



proper kind for use, 352, 353, 354 

 Shot gauge — 



necessity of, 361 



its application, 362 

 Sickle-billed Curlew, 230 

 Sink, 2G7 

 Skinner — 



comments on the food of Partridges, 

 75 



remarkable good shooting by a 

 friend of, 105 



observations on the feeding of 

 Woodcocks, 161 



on the shooting of Woodcocks, 171, 

 172 

 Skipwith — 



his capture of Sora Rails at sea, 

 206 



Sleep, 469 



observations on, 469 

 Smith, Doctor S. B.— - 



his opinion of Partridges retaining 

 their scent, 92, 93, 94, 95 

 Snipe — 



Scolopax Wilsonii, 181 



Scolopax Gallinago, 181 



Wilson's Snipe, 181 



English Snipe, 181 



their distribution, 181 



varieties, 182 



difference between the American 

 and English, 182, 183 



description of, 183 



location and food, 183 



singular manoeuvres, 184 



inctibation, 185 



return to the South, 186 



their nice discrimination, 187 



difficult to shoot, 188 



modes of shooting, 189 



amusing anecdote, 190 



hints for shooting, 192, 193 



advantages of Snipe Shooting, 194 



white, 194 



useful memoranda, 194, 195 



terms applicable to, 41 



Snipe — 



Scolopax Noveboracensis, 241 

 Red-breasted Snipe, 241 

 habits, nomenclature, 241 

 locality, flesh, 241 

 large flocks, 242 

 description, 242 



other varieties of shore Birds, 242, 

 243 



Snow — 



Partridges during, 103 

 Sore Throat- 

 treatment of, 478 

 Sora Rail, 203 

 Spirit of the Times — 



Snipe Shooting anecdote from the, 

 190 



to make Decoys attract during calm 

 weather from, 277 



Punters' story from the, 283 

 Sportsmen — 



important information for, 33 



terms used by, 39 



proper ambition of, 63 



should kill Hawks, 97 



when it rains, 99, 100 



hints for, 100, 101 



properly equipped, 105 



should feed their Dogs, 106 



claims of the Woodcock on, 157 



