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INDEX. 



Iowa — ondnued. 



great numbers of Partridges killed 



in, 89. 

 great numbers of Partridges netted 

 in, 89. 

 Ireland, Woodcock in, 190. 

 Italia — her coasts devastated, 136. 

 Iris irides of birds, 35. 



Jack-Fbost nips vegetation, 62. 



Jack Curlew, 247. 



Jamaica, Reed-Birds in, 214. 



Japan, Snipes in, 194. 



Jersey, Ruffed Grouse in pines of, 143. 



Johnson, Dr. — remarks on cooking, 459. 



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KA.LMIA Clauca, 77. 



marsh laurel, 77. 

 Grouse and Partridges feed on, 77. 

 animals feed on, 78. 

 Kalmia Latifolia, 77. 



mountain laurel, 77. 

 Grouse and Partridges feed on, 77. 

 animals feed on, 78. 

 Ruffed Grouse feed on, 149. 

 author's comments on, 150. 

 Keel-boatmen of America, 51. 



their exploits with the rifle, 51. 

 snuffing the candle, 51. 

 driving the nail, 51 . 

 Kentucky, RuflFed Grouse in, 143. 



Pinnated Grouse in, 158. 

 Keokuk, numbers of Partridges about, 

 110. 

 cooped and sent to New Or- 

 leans, 110. 

 Kill-deer Plover, 251. 

 Killing clean, importance of, 64. 



what distance in, 65. 

 for humanity's sake, 65. 

 verses in support of, 65. 

 King-snake — curious experiments, 74. 



their wonderful endowments, 75. 

 Kitchener, Dr., on the pleasures of the 



table, 465. 

 Knife, sporting, proper kind, 384. 



Lake Ontario, Reed-Birds about, 211. 

 Laurel, mountain, (see Kalmia Latifolia, ) 



77. 

 Laws, game, mere bagatelle, 178. 

 Leading of barrels, 398. 

 how freed, 399. 



Lee, Mrs., directions for mounting birds, 

 486. 

 her work on TaxideMny, 488. 

 Legislative enactments as to killing game, 



93. 

 Lepus cuniculus, 339. 

 sylvaticus, 330. 

 Lesser coverts — situation and character, 



34. 

 Levy, W. W. — celebrated duck-shooter, 

 285. 

 his draft of a battery, 291 

 Lewis, E. — Snipe's nest on his estate, 198. 

 Liquors, bad, to be avoided, 498. 

 Locks of a gun, 404. 



importance of good, 405. 

 Greener's remarks on, 405. 

 Long-billed Curlew, 246. 

 Long Island, Pinnated Grouse on, 159. 

 Loral space, 35. 

 Louisiana, Pinnated Grouse in, 168. 



Reed-Birds, 210. 

 Louis Eustache Ude — comments on cook- 

 ery, 465. 

 Lynx — attack on Wild Turkeys, 141. 

 Lyon's, Captain — 



views on the ventriloquism of the 

 Arctic Fox, 222. 



M 



MAQuns Apollo — 



Colonel Hawker the, 313. 

 Magnus Coquus of the ancients, 462. 

 Maine, Grouse met with in. 164. 

 Mallard or Wild Drake, 314. 



Anas Boschus — habits and haunts, 

 314. 



parent stock of tame Duck, 314. 



description, 315. 



in the ricefields, 316. 



on the Delaware, 316. 



in England, 316. 



decoy-ponds for netting, 816. 

 Malta, Falcon captured at, 206. 

 Mandibles, upper and lower, 35. 

 Martha's Vineyard, Pinnated Grouse on, 



159. 

 Massachusetts, Grouse found in, 164. 

 Maxillae, superior and inferior, 35. 

 Mayo, Dr. — remarks on cooking, 459. 

 Measurement of birds, 36. 

 Mediterranean, Turkish cruisers in, 136, 

 Meleagris Gallopavo — wild Turkey, 126 

 Mentum, the chin, 36. 

 Mexicans, Wild Turkey domesticotfld by 



the, 138. 

 Migrations of Partridges, 81. 

 causes of their, 82. 

 singular actions during their, 

 82. 



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