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INDEX. 



Tezcucan monarchs — 



consumed large numbers of Tur- 

 keys, 138. 

 Thorpe, T. B., Woodcock fire-hunting by, 



188. 

 Tibia, thigh-bone, 35. 

 Toomer, Richard and Edward — their 

 wonderful exploits with gun and 

 rifle, 50. 

 Turkey, Wild, 126. 



Meleagris gallipavo, 126. 



description, 127. 



natural history of, 129. 



in former times, 129. 



their near extinction, 129. 



found in Virginia, 130. 



found in other States, 180, 



Dr. Sargent's remarks on, 130. 



neighborhood of Natchez, 131. 



incubation, 131. 



very salacious, their conflicts, 131. 



Audubon's comments, 131. 



preparing the nest, 132. 



Dr. Sargent's remarks, 132. 



the action of the hen, 132. 



conceal their eggs, 182. 



number of eggs, 188. 



young brood, 138. 



their future life, 134. 



but one brood, 134. 



condition of the males, 184. 



food of the, 134. 



their introduction into Spain, 

 137. 



their introduction into England, 

 137. 



why called Turkey, 137. 



a valuable fowl, 137. 



Buffon on the origin, 138. 



referred to by Prescott, 138. 



domesticated by the Aztecs, 138. 



consumed by the Tezcucan mon- 

 archs, 138. 



trapping, 138. 



shooting, 139. 



good dog for hunting, 140. 



run with amazing celerity, 140. 



easily killed, 140. 



when roosting, 140. 



Dr. Sargent's remarks, 140. 



decoying, 140. 



enemies of, 141. 

 Turks, a band of pirates, 136. 



tufts of hair worn by the, 187. 



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Udb, Louis Eustache^ 



on the pleasures of the table, 465. 

 UfFano — remarks on the use of gun- 

 powder, 429. 



Valisineria Americana — 



Venison soup, how made, 481. 



Viellot, statement of, respecting the 



habit of Woodcocks carrying their 



young on their back, 175. 

 Virginia, Partridge-shooting in, 110. 



Wild Turkey in, 130. 

 Vitellius, feast given by, 464. 

 Vitney, King of China, uses cannon, 430. 



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Wadding or Wads, various kinds, ;';65. 



caution as to use of patent, 806. 



with anointed edges, 868. 



felt and paper, 368. 

 Walker's percussion caps, 875. 



their superiority, 375. 

 Walter Scott — account of a faithful dog, 



45. 

 Walton, Sir Isaac, followers of, 326. 

 Washer, or washing-rod, 369. 

 Wetherill, George D. — 



Partridges presented by, 74. 



large bird shot by, 78. 



large Woodcock in possession of, 

 169. 

 West Indies, Reed-Bird in, 214. 



Snipe in, 194. 

 Western Hemisphere — 



Wild Turkey indigenous to, 136. 

 Wheel-lock goune invented, 432. 

 Whewer, Whim, or Widgeon of Engl:ind, 



312. 

 Whimbrel, Scolopax ph£cpus of Engl.'ind, 



244. 

 Whistling Plover, Charadrius apricarius, 



248. 

 White thickening, 479. 

 Widgeon, Anas Americana, 311. 



Bald-pates, 311. 



companion of the Canvas-hack, 

 811. 



not inferior in flavor, 811. 



locality, 311. 



description, 312. 



resembles the English Widgeon, 

 312. 



how pursued in England, 813. 



easily domesticated, 813. 



at the North and South, 313. 

 Wild Fowl and Wild-fowl shooting, 



peculiar construction of the rump 

 feathers of, 35. 



terms applicable to, 42. 



a flock of — a couple of, 42. 



a team of — a badelynge of, 42. 



how pursued in America, 259 



no childs' sport, 259. 



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