GENERAL CONTENTS. XI 



' IIAI'TKli V 



Silence of the Forests — Interesting Birds — White-headed Eagle — Variety 

 of Hawks — Musquito Hawk — Owls — Great Horned Owl — Snowy 

 Owl — Absence of Birds in Winter — Snow-Birds — Esteemed a Deli- 

 cacy — Their Resemblance to Ortolan — Arrival of Birds in Spring — 

 Blue-Bird, Harbinger of Spring — Scarlet War-Bird — Orioles — Hum- 

 ming-Birds — Familiar English Birds — Characteristics of Country — 

 Canadian Forest — " May-Apple" — ^Woodpeckers — Red-winged Star- 

 ling — ^Absence of the Common Sparrow — ^Principal Feathered In- 

 habitants of the Forest — Game Birds of the Coverts and Plains — 

 Waders and Water-Fowl — Game Seasons of the Upper and Lower 

 Provinces — Their Discrepancy — Its Effects — Proposed Altera- 

 tion pp. 107 — 117 



CHAPTKK VI 



The Passenger Pigeon — Its Periodical FUghts — Great number Killed — 

 Breeding Places — The Wild Turkey — Probable Parent of Domestic 

 Bird — Its Importation into Spain — Early Accounts of — Misnomers — 

 Mexican Origin — ^Differences between Wild and Farm-yard Birds — 

 Nest and Eggs — Craftiness of the Hen — Young Birds — Association 

 of " Gobblers" — Food of Wild-Turkey — Their Wanderings — Former 

 Abundance — Present Haunts — Difficulty of approaching them — 

 Season for Hunting — Their Game Qualities — Use of the Dog — 

 Gradual Extermination — The Grouse of Canada — The Spotted- 

 Grouse — Plumage and Habits — Female — Their Size — The Prairie- 

 Hen — The Prairies — Fires on Prairie — Weight and Plumage of 

 Prairie-Hen — Singular Call — Female Bird — Pugnacity of Male 

 Birds — Breeding Season — Eggs — Young Birds — Season for Praii-ie- 

 Hen Shooting — Dogs for — Size of Coveys — Food of Prairie-Hen — 

 Winter Habits — Prairie-Hen sent to Enghsh Market — Flesh not 

 Poisonous — Questionable Advantages of Acclimatizing — The Ptar- 

 migan — Plumage in Summer and Winter — Where found — ^Eggs — 

 The Ruffed-Grouse — Habitat — Its Size and Appearance — "Drum- 

 ming" — Manner of Walking — Flight — Shooting Season — Unfit for 

 Food in Winter — American Kalmias — The Colin — Erroneously 

 called " Quail " — Its Plumage — Haunts — Call Note — Season for 

 Shooting — Introduction into England pp. 121 — 164 



