INDEX 
Snipe, Great or Double, Distribution in British Isles, 274 
,, ,, Flight, 274 
,, ,, Food, 274 
,, ,, Breeding habits, 274-275 
Snipe, Jack, 277-282 
,, ,, Plumages, 277 
,, ,, Variations in colour, 278 
,, ,, Syrinx of, 278-279 
,, ,, Distribution in British Isles, 280 
,, ,, Food of, 280-281 
,, ,, Flight, 281 
,, ,, Breeding habits, 281 
,, ,, Nest, 281 
„ ,, Eggs, 282 
,, ,, General habits, 282 
Snipe Shooting, 283-288 
Stackpoole, Mr Richard, on Woodcock Shooting, 254 
Steller’s Eider, 354 
Stock, Necessity for a healthy, 159 
,, Amount of, required on a beat, 160-161 
Stratton Park, Partridge Shooting at, 189 
Strongylus pergracilis described, 82 
Swans, 301-306 
,, Whooper, 302-303, 420 
,, Bewick’s, 303-304, 420 
,, Mute, 305 
,, Polish, 306 
Teal, 338-340 
,, American, 340 
,, Blue-winged, 341-342 
,, Garganey, 343-344 
Tenants, good understanding with, 161 
Trapping, 162 
Tufted Duck, 374-375, 416 
Welbeck Abbey, Partridge Shooting at, 190-191 
Westacre, Norfolk, Partridge Shooting at, 191 
Wigeon, 335-336, 421 
,, American, 337-338 
Wildfowl, 289-304 
,, Key to the Species, 291-301 
,, Haunts and habits of, 393 
,, To distinguish at a distance, 411 
,, Colour protection, 394, 395 
Wildfowling, 384-421 
,, At Home, 397 
,, Abroad, 406 
Williams, Mr P. D., of Lanarth, on Woodcocks, 258 
Wire Fencing on moors, 88 
Witchingham, Norfolk, Partridge shooting at, 192 
Woodcock, 223-242 
,, Plumages of, 223-224 
,, Distinction of sexes, 224 
,, Dimorphism in, 226 
,, Position of eye, 228 
,, Position of ear, 228 
,, Variations in plumage, 228 
