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INDEX. 



Sportsmen — co?iiimted. 



slaughter of Woodcock by, 1G4, 

 165, 166, 107 



false ambition on the part of, 171 



epicurean, 222 

 Sporting — 



terms used in, 39 

 Spotted Rail, 203 

 Sprigtail or Pintail, 307 



Anas Acuta, 307 



liandsome Duck, 307 



abundant in England, 307 



habits, 307 



description, 307, 308 

 Spring Cramp — 



how used, 361 

 Sprain — 



treatment of, 474 

 Squirrel, 331 



varieties of, 332 



habits, 332 



locality, 333 



general characteristics, 334 



activity, 334 



strength, 334 



captivity, 334 



other characteristics, 336 



enemies, 336 



shooting, 337 



how pursued, 337 



barking Squirrels, 338 



their flesh, 338 

 Squirrel — 



Sciurus Migratorius, 338 



Gray or Migratory Squirrels, 338 



locality, 339 



habits, 339 



migrations, 339, 340, 341 



immense numbers, 340, 341 



great slaughter, 341 

 Staley, Andrew — 



Turkeys seen in Virginia, in com- 

 pany with, 121 



a feast of English Pheasants and 

 Grouse with, 141 

 St. Ildephonso — 



Woodcocks in the aviary of, 161 

 St. Louis — 



quantities of game at, 104 

 St. Petersburgh — 



frozen markets of, 441 

 Stirle_y — 



White Snipe in possession of, 194 

 Stock, gun, 379 



different style of, 379, 380, 381 

 Stockings — 



shooting, 374 

 Stone Curlew, 238 

 Stooling off Points, 276 



Stockton, Hugh, 16 



remarkable Partridge presented by, 

 82 

 Stockton, Commodore — 



experiments on the bursting of 

 guns, 393 to 398 



observations on the recoil in fire- 

 arms, 398, 399, 400-402 

 Striker of the gun, 357 

 Summer Duck, 309 



Anas Sponsa, 309 



Wood Duck, 309 



beautiful Fowl, 309 



delight on the small streams, 309 



habits, 309 



description, 310 

 Surface boat, 267 

 Swallows — 



primary feathers in, 34 



habit of shooting, 49 

 Swan, American, 318 



Cygnus Americana, 318 



Trumpeter Swan, 318 



Cygnus Bucinator, 318 



habits, 318 



haunts, 318 



flesh, 318 



disposition, 319 



domestication, 319 



terms applicable to Swans, 42 

 Sykes' 



powder-flask, 351 



T 



Tapahannock — 



marshes of, 76 



Partridges shot on, 76 

 Taxidermy, 456 



art of obtaining and preserving 

 skins of Birds, 456 



importance of, 456 



directions for skinning and mount- 

 ing, 457, 458 

 Teal- 

 Blue Winged, 300 



Anas Discors, 300 



habits, 300 



shot over Stool Ducks, 300 



food, 300 



at the South, 300 



markets of Philadelphia, 306 



how cooked, 306 



flight, 306 



description, 301 

 Teal— 



Green-Winged, 301 



Anas Crecca, 301 



