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season of (our months. They sell on an aver- 

 age at 75 cents per pair. 



The season tor woodcocks is from the 1st of 

 July to the 1st of December. New York re- 

 ceives during that time about 40,000. They 

 briii£ on an average 75 cents a pair. 



Quails vary from $1.50 to $2.50 in autumn; 

 but during the winter the price ot them falls to 

 $1 a dozen. At this time ihey track them in the 

 snow in immense quantities on the western 

 plains, and whole cargoes of them arrive here. 

 Grouse and prairie hens come exclusively from 

 the West, where they are taken by bands of 

 hunters, and then they bring but from 50 cents 

 to $1 a pair. The number of them which the 

 city of New York uses is enormous. 



There are but few hares in the ■U n ited States 

 those few are found in New York and Rhode 

 Island. The Canadas alone possess a suffi 

 ciently great quantity of ihem. The species 

 is much smaller and the flesh less esteemed 

 than the European species. In winter the skin 

 becomes all white. Notwithstanding the scar 

 city of them, they are sold at 50 cents a pair. 

 About 30,000 of them are brought annually from 

 the British possessions. 



The grey rabbit of the warren abounds every 

 where. A pair is sold for 37 cents in the market. 



The wild ducks of America are justly re- 

 nowned. Some, varieties of the species are su- 

 perior to any found elsewhere. Such, for ex- 

 ample is the celebrated canvass back, which ex 

 ists only on this side of the Atlantic. The 

 peculiarly exquisite tasle of this game is attri- 

 buted to the wild celery on whirl) it subsists 

 almost exclusively on tiie Chesapeake Bay arid 

 the Susquehanna and Potomac rivers. The 

 end of November and the month of December 

 are most favorable for obtaining them well fatted 

 and of a savory taste, though they remain until 

 the middle of Spring. It is probable that New 

 York consumed not less than 30,000 of them 

 besides the very considerable quantity sent to 

 Europe' in the steamers. The price varies from 

 $1 to $3 per pair. 



Next to the ca ivass back, the redhead is most 

 esteemed. Many of them are killed upon the 

 Sound. Of an excellent taste and very fine 

 savor, the mean price is seldom above 75 cents 

 to SI a pair. Then comes : 



The Brant, considered the best salt water 

 duck and the most delicate of all in the month 

 of May • — the Mallard, which never leaves the 

 lakes and rivers the black duck, the teal, the 

 broadbiil, which is found also on the sea shore ; 

 — the Virginia grey duck ; — the duck with a blue 

 or green tail ;- — all excellent species, the abun- 

 dance of which in winter is such in our markets 

 that the total number of them sold here can be 

 estimated at not less than 70,000 or S0,000. 



Wild geese sell on an average at SI a piece. 

 New York consumes from 3,000 to 5,000 of them 

 in a winter. 



Plovers and snipes are divided into numerous 

 varieties, of which some, particularly among the 

 snipes, are unknown in Europe. Many of them 

 have the form of the woodcock. So great is 



the abundance of them that at least 10,000 

 dozens of these birds must pass annually to the 

 the tables of New York. 



To convey an approximate idea of the num- 

 ber of wild pigeons passing through the coun- 

 try, we may state thai there arrived in the New 

 York markets 2000 dozens, in a single day. One 

 merchant alone received at one time 60 barrels 

 containing 1500 dozens. They bring from 50 

 cents to $1,50 a dozen. 



These details exhibit the principal resources 

 of New York in respect to game. Others may 

 supply what we have left untold. M. 



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