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work; snap shooting; summer woodcock; how they fly; how they alight; 
to mark them; to shoot them; dry weather; wet weather; incorn; during 
their moult, Summer migration see www 282-295 
GROUSE SHOOTING ON THE PRAIRIES. 
Six varieties of grouse—the ruffed grouse; the Canada grouse; the willow 
grouse; the geographical range of these three. How to shoot the ruffed 
grouse; the Canada grouse and willow grouse rarely shot; the pinnated 
grouse or heath hen; the sharp-tailed grouse. Range of the pinnated grouse ; 
season for shooting; size of shot; shooting in August; in September; in 
October; pointers the best dogs; why so; best way to hunt; proper gun; 
how they fly; how to kill them; great sport - eel 296-805 
BIRDS NOT GAME. 
The upland plover or Bartram’s sandpiper; where found; shooting them from 
chaises at Newport; stalking them; poor sport. Rail shooting. The sora 
rail; where found; when; their habits; their flight; how to kill them; the 
proper gun; the proper charge; the landing net; reed birds; teal; galli- 
nules; anecdotes of shooting; slaughter, not sport . . . 806-815 
AUTUMN SHOOTING. 
Quail; woodcock; ruffed grouse; large hare; smaller hare; morning shooting; 
when to start; how to beat for quail; the best ground; the point; the 
flush; single birds; the bevy; how and where to shoot; how to mark; 
how they fly; where they will alight; retention of scent; lurking; after- 
noon shooting; quail a fast flyer; rises behind. The ruffed grouse; his 
whirr on rising; autumn woodcock; his different flight now; his autumn 
lying grounds; the smaller hare; to hunt with beagles; habits of the hare; 
best grounds; how to get shots; wheretohithim . . . 816-882 
WILD FOWL SHOOTING. 
In Chesapeake Bay. The swan; the canvass-back; the red head; the scaup; 
the buffel-headed duck; the South-southerly; the ruddy duck; the wid- 
geon; the teal; English widgeon; English teal ; J. C. Bell; Chesapeake Bay 
shooting ; from the points; how fowl are missed ; the best guns; allowance 
to be made for speed of flight. To tole wild fowl; how to shoot on the 
water; paddling up to fowl; proper powder; size of shot; goose shooting; 
from batteries; unsportsmanlike; Squam Beach; Barnegat; from boats in 
hassock ; over stools; calling fowl; coots; inland duck shooting; the mal- 
lard; the pin-tail duck; the green-winged teal; the blue-winged teal; the 
golden eye; the summer duck; the dusky duck; the winter duck; the 
trumpeter swan; the snow goose; the white-fronted goose; shooting on 
drowned meadows; by stream edges; on points of the great lakes; on the 
rice lakes; best guns for this sport. John Mullin’s guns . + 888-850 
THE FOREST AND THE PLAINS. 
Moose; cariboo; elk; buffalo; antelope; bear; deer; turkey. How to follow 
trail; not to be learned from books; driving deer; chasing on horseback: 
