CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. 



Pinnated Grouse Shooting. 



Abundance in the Prairie States— Of Service to the Farmer- 

 Grouse Polygamous— Booing' of the Cocks in Spring— Nesting- 

 time and Nests— Eapid Growth of the Young BirdE— Supposed 

 Hybrids— Grouse Shooting in August too Early— The Easiest 

 there is— The Corn-Fields the only Protection— Grouse found at 

 Morning in Stubbles— In Clear Weather no Shooting in the 

 Middle of the Day— On Damp, Cloudy Days Grouse in Stubbles 

 all Day— On Clear Days Shoot again towards Evening— Grouse 

 in Pasture-Land— Shooting in McLean County— Beware of Shoot- 

 ing too Quick— Mr. Sullivant's Great Farm— Water for Men and 

 DogB must be Carried, 55-71 



CHAPTER IV. 



Late Pinnated Grouse Shooting. 



Tho Middle of the Day the best Time— Good Shooting in Corn after 

 tho Frosts— Wheat Sowed in Corn-Fields— No Shooting on Cloudy 

 Days — November Shooting Best — Grouse in Sod Corn— A Day in 

 Champagne County — Grouse will not Lie on Damp, Cloudy Days 

 —Indian Summer a Good Time— The Prairies in Spring— On 

 Bright Mornings in Winter— Scene near Chatsworth, Iroquois 

 County, on a December Morning— Necessity of Silence in Late 

 Grouse Shooting— A Trip to Christian County, ... 73-88 



CHAPTER V. 



Quail Shooting in the West. 



Abundance of Quail in the Western States— Increase in the Prairie 

 States— Osage Orange Hedges a Great Cause — Afford Nesting 

 Places, Protect from Hawks, and Shelter in Severe Weather — 

 Nesting Places and Nests— The Quail Hawk— Beginning cf tho 

 Shooting — Best Shooting after the Frosts in November and De- 

 cember — Up at Early Morning — Fine, Clear Days Best — Lie well 

 when Scattered — Pack late in Fall — Run in Damp and Wet 

 Weather — Netting now Unlawful— Quail Shooting on Salt Creek, 

 Sangamon River — Quail not Difficult to Shoot — Missed through 

 Hasto— Shooting on Shoal Creek, Missouri— Quail in Hedges— 

 . <Juail ia tho South, £9-4C6 



