INDEX 



395 



River-ducks, 141; methods of shoot- 

 ing, 204-207 



Robin snipe, 296 



Rock ptarmigan, 353 



Roosevelt, Robert, quoted^ 214 



Ross's snow-goose, 136, 157, 359 



Ruddy-duck, 194-196, 365 



Ruff, 374 



Ruffed-grouse, 60, 88, 350 ; range, 89 ; 

 habits, 90, 91, 9S ; field merits, gi, 

 92 ; feeding grounds, 94 



Sabines suffbd-qrousb, 60 

 Sage-cock, 83 ; as food, 84, 85 ; habits, 



85,86 

 Sage-grouse, 354 

 Salt-water marsh hen, 384 

 Salvin's Bob-white, 108 

 San Pedro partridge, 126, 355 

 Sand-hill crane, 323, 324, 325, 383 

 Sanderling, 296, 375 

 Sandpipers, 283, 296, 297, 305, 375- 



377 

 Saw-duck, 242 

 Saw-bill duck, 243 

 Scaled partridge, 107 ; range, 132 ; 



chestnut-bellied, 132 ; described, 



13s. 354 



Scaup-duck, 186, 187, 361, 362 ; shoot- 

 ing, 188-191 



Scoter duck, 199-201, 365 



Sea-ducks, 141 ; shooting, 161-170 



Sea saw-bill, 242 



Semi-palmated plover, 307, 315, 377 



Semi-palmated sandpiper, 380 



Seton, quoted, 283 



Setters compared with pointers, 14 



Shad-bird, 371 



Shad spirit, 371 



Sharp-tailed grouse, 65, 350 ; range of, 

 73, 74 ; habits, 74-76 ; shooting, 76- 

 80 ; extermination of, 80, 81 



Sheldrake, 242 



Shields, Mr. , quoted, 385 



Shooting, English and American meth- 

 ods, 29-31 ; value of privileges in 

 England, 62, 63; sea-ducks, 161-170; 



river-ducks, 204-207 ; woodcock, 

 257-261 : bay-birds, 287-293 

 Shore birds, 247-251 ; shooting, 287- 



293 

 Shoveler duck, 240, 370 

 Snipe, 248, 267, 268, 269, 370, 371 ; 



shooting, 269-280 ; feeding grounds, 



273-275 ; flight, 276 

 Snow-geese, 156, 157 

 Snowy plover, 307, 315, 379 

 Solitary sandpiper, 377 

 Sooty grouse, 352 

 Sora, 327, 332, 384 

 Southwestern partridge, 132 

 Southwick, Mr. Sidney, quoted, 323 

 Spaniels, 18, 260 

 " Spectacled coot," 200 

 Spectacled eider duck, 203 

 Spike-bill duck, 241 

 Spike-tail duck, 236 

 Spoon-bill duck, 240 

 Spotted sandpiper, 376 

 Sprague, L. T. , quoted, 389 

 Sprig-tail duck, 236, 237, 369 

 Spruce-grouse, 100 ; stupidity, loi ; 



table qualities, 102 

 Starbuck, Mr., 4 

 Stellars duck, 203 

 Stilt sandpiper, 376 

 Stilts, 316, 372 

 Straight-billed curlew, 299 

 Stuart-Wortley, Mr. A. J., quoted, 30 

 Surf-bird, 379 

 Surf-scoter duck, 200, 362 

 Swallows, 334 

 Swans, 140, I4S, 147, 358 

 Swimmers, 139 



Tallet, Mr., quoted, 223 



Tattlers, 299 



Teal, 225, 226, 367, 368 ; shooting, 227^ 



231 

 Tell-tales, 300 

 Texas Bob-white, 107, 356 

 Thompson, Mr. J. B., quoted, 117, 213 

 Townsend's ptarmigan, 353 

 Tree-ducks, 160, 360 



