CONTENTS OF VOL. II 



EXTRACTS FROM NOTE-BOOKS. 



NOTES ON NATURAL HISTORY AND ON SHOOTING. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



Length of Life of Birds — The Eagle — Swan — Geese — 

 Falcons — Fowls — Pigeons — Small Birds — Great age of 

 Eagles and Foxes — Red Deer — Destruction of Old Stags — 

 Eoe — Sheep — Rifles ; size of their bore — Double-barrelled 

 Rifles — Size of Small Shot — Cartridges — Impossibility of 

 laying down general rules — Necessity of discretion in all 

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CHAPTER XXVIII. 



Disease amongst Grouse ; difficulty of assigning its cause • — 

 Supply of Grouse to Poulterers — Netting game, legal and 

 illegal — Disguised Poachers — Game- Laws — Preserves — 

 Criminality of Poachers — Epidemics amongst Hares, &c. — 

 Black Game — Hybrids — Woodpigeons — Geese — Sen- 

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CHAPTER XXIX. 



The Landrail; Arrival and Habits of — Cuckoo — Swift — 

 Associations connected with Birds — Enjoyment of Life by 

 Birds — Falcons — Water-Fowl ; their different modes of 

 Swimming — Wild-fowl shooting — Wounded Ducks — Re- 

 trievers ; care which should be taken of them — Plumage of 

 Water-Fowl ; its imperviousness to wet ; the cause and limits 

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