INDEX. 



XXIX 



Feathers — continued. 



accidents to, 38. 

 moulting of, 38. 

 Field, taking the, 112. 



verses descriptive of the sports of 

 the, 112. 

 Field or Grass Plover, 257. 

 Figure-of-4 trap — 



taking Partridges with a, 90. 

 Flasks, powder, 869. 



various kinds of, in use, 369. 

 caution in the use of, 369. 

 patent, 370. 

 Flight, velocity of, 265. 



experiments to prove the velocity 

 of, 265. 

 Flexure — ^bend of the wing, 35. 

 Florida, Snipes in, 197. 



Canvas-backs in, 272. 

 Folly Island, numbers of Curlew on, 



245. 

 Fontainebleau, escape of a Falcon from, 



266. 

 Forrester, Frank — opinion on Woodcocks, 

 176. 

 observations on the 

 note of the Snipe, 

 196. 

 Fowler — an English writer, 63. 



opinion of American Sporting, 

 68. 



how unjust, 68. 

 Fowler, a celebrated Rail-pusher, 227. 

 France, gun-barrels imported from, 447. 

 Frederick the Great required little sleep, 



500. 

 Freiburg, monument erected at, 432. 

 Frons — forehead, 35. 

 Frost Birds, 250. 

 Frozen Game, 467. 



G 



Gal£rie des Oiseaux, Viellot's, 175. 

 Gallinaceous order, noise made by the, 



82. 

 Galveston Bay, Canvas-backs in, 272. 

 Game of all descriptions abundant, 91. 



recklessly destroyed, 92. 



illegal traffic in, 92. 



ordinances against selling, 92, 



ordinances a dead letter, 92. 



hawkers of, 92. 



their disregard of ordinances, 92. 



predictions regarding, 104. 



probable abundance of, 104. 



probable scarcity of, 104, 

 Ganges, the river, 430. 

 Gauge for Powder and Shot, 381. 



description of, 381. 

 Geese, terms applicable to, 42. 



Georgia, Ruflfed Grouse in, 148. 

 Georgia, Reed-Birds in, 214. 

 German Jagers, good marksmen, 51, 

 Germany, guns imported from, 441, 

 Giraud— -description of King Rail, 235. 

 statement about Curlew, 245. 

 Gilman, Dr, — 



article on venomous snakes, 74, 

 curious experiments on snakes, 74. 

 Gloves, use of, 363, 



importance of wearing, 868, 

 Gluttony among savages, 463. 

 Godman — comments on the migrations 



of squirrels, 359. 

 Good shooting, 112. 

 Good shot, 48. 

 Golden Plover, 250. 

 Goose, Canada, 329. 



Anas Canadensis, 829. 



habits and haunts, 829. 



great numbers killed by the In 



dians, 330. 

 Pennat's account of shooting, 



880. 

 easily domesticated, 331. 

 how killed, 332. 

 description, 832. 

 Goose, Snow, 338. 



Anas hyperborea, 888. 

 habits and haunts, 883. 

 description, 333. 

 laughing or grinning, 834. 

 Gratz, David — 



White Partridge in his possession, 

 84. 

 Grass or Field Plover, 251. 

 Greener — comments on gun-locks, 405. 

 observations on loading guns, 



415. 

 remarks on brazing guns, 446. 

 Grouse, terms applicable to, 41. 

 numbers killed, 91, 

 cooking, 472, 

 Grouse, Pinnated, 156, 



Prairie Chicken or Hen, 156. 

 Tetrao cupido, 156. 

 description of, 157. 

 location, 157. 

 period of pairing, 159. 

 tooting of the, 159. 

 Audubon's remarks, 159 

 domestication of, 161. 

 flight of the, 162. 

 feeding and roosting, 162. 

 time for shooting, 163. 

 other varieties, 164. 

 Grouse, Ruffed, 143. 



Pheasant, 143. 

 Tetrao Umbellus, 143. 

 locality and nomenclature, 148 

 description of, 144. 



