Index 



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Ptdioecetes phasianellus campestris — 



prairie sharp-tailed grouse, 



107, 195. 



[See Prairie sharp-tailed grouse.] 



Pedioecetes phasianellus columbianus 



— Columbian sharp-tailed 



grouse, 107, 194. 



Pennsylvania, ruffed grouse shooting, 



I4I-I43- 

 Phasianus torquatus — Mongolian 



pheasant, 347. 

 Pheasants — 



British sport, 350-35 1. 

 Characteristics, 348. 

 Illegal quarry, 349. 

 Species imported, 347, 348. 

 Sporting qualities, 349. 

 Philohela minor — American wood- 

 cock, 303. 

 [See American woodcock.] 

 Pinnated grouse — 



Dusky grouse shooting compared, 



412-413. 

 Enmity to sharptail alleged, 197- 

 198. 

 Plover, see Bartram's sandpiper and 



golden plover. 

 Plumed partridge [ O.p. plumiferus~\ 



5» 9i. 93- 

 Pointers — 



Quail-shooting, 33. 



Qualities for field work, 1 72-173. 

 Popples — grouse-shooting, 138. 

 Prairie-hen — 



Attwater's prairie-hen, 193. 



Lesser prairie-hen, 193. 

 Prairie-hen \_Tympanuchus ameri- 

 canus~\ 156-192. 



Booming sound, 159-163. 



Enemies of, 174. 



Haunts of, 159. 



Mating season, 162-164. 



Qualifications, 157-158. 



Shooting — 



Dogs for, 172-174. 



Prairie-hen {continued} — 

 Shooting [continued} — 



End of the season, 171-172. 

 "Match at chickens," 177- 

 192. 

 Strutting — inflated sacs, 1 62-163. 

 Trapping, 177. 

 Young, 164-165. 

 Prairie sharp-tailed grouse \_P. p. 

 campestris} 195—210. 

 Enmity to pinnated grouse al- 

 leged, 197-198. 

 Mating, 196. 



Sporting qualities — shooting 

 anecdotes, 198-210. 

 Prairies — 



Fascination of, 170. 

 Fires, cause of, 176-177. 

 Protection Island, Chinese pheas- 

 ants, 348. 

 Ptarmigan — 



Aleutian Island races, 247. 

 Allen's ptarmigan, 107, 240. 

 Reinhardt's ptarmigan, 107, 241- 



242. 

 Rock ptarmigan, 107, 241. 

 Shooting — "a try for ptarmi- 

 gan," 229-240. 

 Welch's ptarmigan, 107, 242. 

 White-tailed ptarmigan, see that 



title. 

 Willow ptarmigan, see that title. 



Quail — 



Blue or crested quail varieties on 



Pacific coast, 377. 

 Bob-white, see that title. 

 Call of, 21-24, 5°. 5 1 ) 75. 90. 

 Description, markings, etc., 20-21. 

 Desert, quail of, see Gambel's 



partridge, Pacific coast. 

 Enemies of, 69, 88. 

 Gambel's partridge, see that title. 

 Habits and peculiarities — scent, 



etc., 26-29. 



