CONTENTS 

 INTRODUCTORY. The New Ornithology . . . xvii 



PART I. METHODS WITH GALLINACEOUS BIRDS, 

 AND OTHERS 



CHAPTER FACE 



I. General Methods 3 



II. Quail Propagation Methods as a Basis . . 13 



III. The Grouse Family 55 



IV. The Wild Turkey 67 



V. Pheasant Rearing 75 



VI. Other Foreign Gallinaceous Species ... 91 



VII. Pigeons and Doves 100 



VIII. Control of Vermin 103 



PART II. THE PROPAGATION OF WILD 

 WATERFOWL 



IX. Wild Ducks 115 



X. Wild Geese , . 184 



XI. Swans 192 



XII. Wading-birds 194 



XIII. Refuges and Protected Colonies .... 199 



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