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INDEX. 



Hackensack rail-shooting, 301. 

 Hawking in olden time, 7. 

 "Henry," 252; his advice, 252; he 



shoots with the author, 264. 

 Horsefoot snipe, 92, 132, 148. 

 How to clean, carry, and protect the 



gun. 8T, 88, 89. 

 How to string bii'ds, 94. 

 How to approach plover, 155. 

 Hudsonian curlew, 173. 

 Hunting in olden time, 7. 

 Hunting, comparison between ancient 



and modern, 8. 



Imported guns best, 63. 

 Improper pursuit of game, 20. 

 Incubation of bay-birds, 78. 

 India-rubber stools, 83. 

 Inferior guns, 27. 

 Inlet, closing of, 134. 

 Interest of farmer to protect game- 

 birds, 10. 

 Irishman's duck-shooting, 255. 



Jack-curlew, 76, 173. 



Jacks, 133. 



Jack-snipe, 160. 



Jakey's tavern, 102. 



Jeffries' breech-loaders, 86. 



Jersey, a girl from, 98. 



Jersey coast shooting, 106. 



Jersey courts and damages, 180. 



Jersey, bathing in, 103. 



Jei-sey coast, a day's shooting on, 

 106 



Judgment required In bay-bird shoot- 

 ing, 70. 



Kentuckian's bas3-"fishing, 261 ; his 



wager, 263. 

 Kildeer plover, 113-146. 

 Killing song-birds, 13. 



'' game-birds out of season, 15. 

 " birds, game-laws, 14. 

 " legal times for, 17, 18, 19. 

 " by batteries, 21, 22, 25 ; by 

 plvot-guns, 23, 25 : by sail-boats, 

 24. 

 Blilling snipe, ducks, and rail, gun 



for, 60. 

 Krieker, 78, 131, 160. 



Lakes at the West increasing, 268. 



Lattimer Marsh, 266. 



Laws, game, 14, 15. 



Lefaucheux gun, 33-64. 



Legal times for killing, 17-18, 



" Lester's," 180. 



Light gua necessary, 29. 



Limosa, 133 ; fedoa, 168 ; Hudsonlca, 



168. 

 Little yellow-legs, 166. 

 Long Island, South Bay, 20. 

 Long-legged sandpiper, 157. 

 Lockfast, the, 61. 

 Loading, accidents from, 42. 

 Long-billed curlew, 174. 

 Long-tailed duck, 823. 

 Localitfes for bay-snipe, 94-97. 

 Lucky man^s duck-shooting, 240. 



Mallard, 306. 



Manton's theory, 82. 



Marbled godwit, 168. 



Marlin, 76, 168, 170 ; ring-tailed, 170. 



Match, shooting, in England, 44. 



Meadow-snipe, 92, 160. 



Merganser, 324^ 



Mergus, 324. 



Migration of birds, order of, 18 ; 

 of bay-birds, 94. 



Missfires with breech-loader cartridge, 

 56. 



Montauk, sport at, 188 ; Point, 178. 



Mud-creek bridge, 229. 



Muskrat traps, 266. 



Musquitoes, 90, 101, 125, 135. 



Muzzle-loaders and breech-loaders, 27. 



Muzzle-loaders, accidents from, 42. 

 " ■■ and breech-loaders, 

 trial between, 45 ; discussion about 

 in field, 43 ; pigeon match be- 

 tween, 44; compared, 60. 



Names of bay-birds, confusion as to, 

 91 ; varieties of names, 91 ; scienti- 

 fic names, 92; species, 109 ; of 

 plovers, '' Bills," remarks, 113. 



Needle-gun, 86. - 



Nepeague Beach, 180. 



New York snipe, 132. 



New Jersey, sport in, 106; a girl 

 from, 98 ; adventure in, 9S ; bathing 

 in, 103; wreckers in, 116; pirates 

 o^ 117: ghost stories about, 120; 

 courts and damages, 130 ; fight for 

 stands, 126. 



Numenius, 133 ; Hudsonicus, 178. 

 " Longirostris, 174. 

 " Borealis, 176. 



Number of birds bagged at one Bhot, 

 70, 



Olden-time hunting, 7. 



Old-squaw duck, 828. 



Old-wife duckj 823. 



Ortley family in Jersey and the fight, 



126. 

 Ox-eye, 162. 



