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Index 



San Joaquin Valley [continued] — 

 Geese, abundance in recent 

 years, 533. 

 Sand-hill crane shooting, 553. 

 Scaup duck [aythya marila] 134. 

 Scaup duck, lesser, [aythya affinis] 



137- 

 Scolopacida, species of shore-birds, 



33D- 



[See also Woodcocks, Snipes, 

 and Sandpipers.] 

 Scolopax ruslicola, European wood- 

 cock, 338. 

 Scoters — 



American, 174. 



Despised by hunters, 176, 185. 



Line shooting, 62. 



Surf scoter, 182. 



Velvet scoter, see that title. 



White-winged scoter, see that 

 title. 

 Sea-ducks [fuligulince] — 



American eider, 168. 



American golden-eye, 143. 



American scoter, 174. 



Australian variety, 121. 



Barrow's golden-eye, 147. 



Buffle-head, see that title. 



Canvas-back, see that title. 



Characteristics, 118-121. 



Diagnosis of family, 567. 



Diving experts, 118. 



Down of eider, 119. 



Eider, see that title. 



Harlequin duck, 157. 



King eider, 1 72. 



Labrador duck, see that title. 



Lesser scaup duck, 137. 



Masked duck, 188. 



Northern eider, 166. 



Old-squaw, 153. 



Pacific eider, 170. 



Red-head, see that title. 



Ring-necked duck, 140. 



Ruddy duck, 185. 



Sea-ducks [continued] — 



Rufous-crested duck, 121. 



Scaup duck, 134. 



Scoters, see that title. 



Shooting, 61. 



Spectacled eider, 165. 



Steamer-duck, 120. 



Steller's duck, 162. 



Surf scoter, 182. 



Velvet scoter, see that title. 



White-winged scoter, see that 

 title. 

 Semipalmated plover [cegialitis 



semipalmata] 466. 

 Semipalmated sandpiper [ereunetes 



pusillus] 388. 

 Sharp-tailed sandpiper [tringa acu- 

 minata'] 368. 

 Sheldrake, see Ruddy sheldrake. 

 Shinnecock Bay — 



Dowitcher shooting, 349. 



Shore-bird shooting, 306. 

 Shooting, see Duck-shooting, Goose- 

 shooting, etc. 

 Shore-bird shooting — 



Amherst shooting, 309-312. 



Chesapeake Bay sport, 307-309. 



Destruction of game, 303, 316. 



Monomoy Island experience, 

 1886, 303. 



Season, 302. 



Shinnecock Bay experience, 306. 



Wading the marshes, 312. 



[See also Shore-birds.] 

 Shore-birds [limicolce] — 



Avocets, see that title. 



Characteristics and habits, 317- 



3«9- 

 Destruction, 303, 316. 

 Diagnosis of family, 572. 

 Godwit, see that title. 

 Golden plover, see that title. 

 Haunts, wide range of birds, 315. 

 Jacanas, see that title. 

 Oyster-catchers, see that title. 



