INDEX. 



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Millochau, Adolphe, gun-oil of, 400. 

 Mississippi River, Ruflfed Grouse on the 



ranges of the, 143. 

 Moon — eflFects on the tides, 228. 



Rails feed at the full of the, 

 228. 

 Moulting of birds, 38. 



wise provision of nature, 38. 

 change in the plumage, 38. 

 protection from enemies, 38. 

 in quadrupeds, 38. 

 cold modified by, 38. 

 gradual in birds, 39. 

 time of, 39. 

 ill water-fowl, 39. 

 in birds than incubate far north, 

 39. 

 Mordecai, Captain, 39. 



experiments and observations on 

 powder, 413. 

 Moscow, frozen markets of, 467. 

 Mount Holly, Partridges shot in the 



neighborhood of, 78. 

 Mud Creek — good Snipe-ground, 63. 

 Markets in reign of Queen Elizabeth, 



435. 

 Mud Hen, 237. 



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Napoleon required little sleep, 500. 

 Natural History, importance of studying, 



85. 

 Nipple or pivot of the gun, 376. 



wrench for, 383. 

 Nooses of horse-hair, 90. 



fcr taking game, 90. 

 Norton, Robert, 429. 

 North Carolina — 



driving Partridges as practised in, 

 94. 

 New Jersey — 



game-ordinances of, 93. 



numbers of Ruffed Grouse in, 145. 



Woodcock in, 170. 



Snipes in, 197. 



Willets frequent, 254. 

 New Orleans, Canvas-backs about, 272. 

 Netting Ducks, 280. 

 Partridges, 

 New York Ruffed Grouse, 145. 

 gun-makers of, 435. 







Occiput — ^back of the head, 35. 

 Old World, batteries of the, 79. 



Quails of the, 89. 

 Opus Magus of Bacon, 430. 

 Ordinance against selling game, 93. 

 •^nithologists, terms used by, 33. 



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Ornithologists who have graced this 



country, 67. 

 Ornithology, technical terms the ABC 



of, 33. 



this information easily acquired, 

 34. 

 Orismology, sporting terms a branch of, 



40. 

 Owls, sensation of feathers in, 38. 

 Oxydracse, 430. 



Panthers — numbers destroyed, 91. 

 Partridge, the springing of, 49. 



vigorous flight of, 52. 



when flushed, 57. 



flies with amazing velocity, 57. 



flight compared with English, 

 57. 



great abundance of, in Iowa, 

 63. 

 Partridge, Perdix Virginianus, 66. 



verses descriptive of, 66. 



their abundance, locality, no- 

 menclature, 66. 



description, habits, 67. 



perching on trees, 68. 



not strictly migratory, 68. 



running season, 68. 



during winter at the North, 68. 



catching in nets, traps, &c., 69. 



period of pairing, 69. 



building their nests, 70. 



number of eggs, 70. 



fecundity of English, 70. 



period of incubation, 70. 



the young, 71. 



strictly monogamous, 71. 



leaving the nest, 71. 



solicitude of the hen, 72. 



artifices of the cock, 72. 



conflicts with hawks, serpenta, 

 &c., 72. 



domestication of, 74. 



two broods, 74. 



author's opinion of, 75. 



call of the, 75. 



actions of young, 76. 



roosting, 76. 



food, 77. 



shot onTapahannock marshes, 

 78. 



English, compared with Ame- 

 rican, 79. 



not a Quail, 80. 



how it differs from the Quail, 

 80. 



running season of the, 81. 



immense droves, 81. 



singular actions, 81. 



