APPENDIX.—(B.) 
SPORTING- NOMENCLATURE. 
It has been suggested to me by a friend, from whom no sug¬ 
gestion is to be disregarded, William T. Porter, Esq., of the 
Spirit of the Times, that the appropriate sporting nomenclature 
and terms are so little understood, or so much neglected here, 
that a brief compilation of the most remarkable in general use, 
would he an addition to this work, not unacceptable to the 
sporting world of America; and agreeing with him in the fact, 
I have readily fallen into his views. 
I shall proceed, therefore, to give first, the technical name for 
a single hatching of young from every game bird—that I mean 
which we call a brood , when speaking of chickens-—I shall then 
go on to the technical term for larger collections of game birds, 
such as we should call flights or flocks, if speaking of small 
birds; and, lastly, I shall point out to what birds, or animals, 
the words brace, leash, and couple, are properly applicable 
Turkeys, a single hatching of, is a brood . 
♦Pheasants, ** “ “ 
nide. 
♦Partridges, “ “ “ 
covey. 
IGtrouse, before they can fly, 
brood. 
“ afterward, 
pack. 
Quail, 
bevy. 
Woodcock, 
brood* 
Snipe, 
brood. 
• Observe here, that neither Partridge nor 
Pheasant existing in America, 
the words nide and covey are useless. What is generally called, therefore, a 
covey of Partridges is a pack of Ruffed Grouse. 
t When we use the term Grouse alone, the Pinnated Grouse is understood 
to be intended. 
