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INDEX. 
Driver, the best for Plover, i, 207. 
Driving, for Upland Plover, i, 208. 
Deer, ii, 242. 
Brent, ii, 304. 
Red-heads, ii, 304. 
Duck—Anas—the Mallard, i, 41, 
106. 
the Dusky Duck, i, 41, 110. 
the Gadwall, i, 41, 133: ii, 
109. 
Brewer’s, i, 41. 
the American Widgeon, i, 41, 
132: ii, 109. 
the Pintail, i, 41, 128. 
the Wood Duck, i, 41, 122. 
the Green-winged Teal, i, 41. 
Lake Huron Scoter, appendix 
F. 
the Blue-winged Teal, i, 42, 
115. 
the Shoveller, i, 42, 133 : ii, 
109. 
Sea, Fuligulse, i, 42 : ii, 74. 
the Canv ass-hack, i, 42: ii, 74. 
the Red-headed, i. 42: ii, 80. 
the Scaup, i. 42: ii, 82, 84. 
the Ring-necked, i, 42: ii, 85. 
the Ruddy, i, 42: ii, 88. 
the Pied, i, 42: ii, 92. 
the Velvet, i, 42 : ii. 94. 
the Surf, i, 42: ii, 97. 
the American Scoter, i, 42: ii, 
98. 
the Eider, i, 42: ii, 99. 
the Golden Eye, i, 42: ii, 99. 
the Harlequin, i, 42: ii, 104. 
the Buffel-headed, i, 42 : ii, 
103. 
the King, i, 42: ii, 107. 
the Long-tailed, i, 42: ii, 106. 
the Western, i, 42: ii, 108. 
English Wild Ducks, i, 304. 
Duck Creek in Delaware, ii, 112. 
Duck guns, for inland waters, i, 
316. 
for bay shooting, ii. 118. 
best makers of, ii, 120. 
how to load, ii, 119, 130, 144. 
best calibre, ii, 130. 
breeching of, ii, 144. 
Duck guns, ointment for, ii, 144. 
for punt shooting, ii, 143. 
Duck shooting on inland waters, i, 
299. 
on Long Island, ii, 123. 
on Chesapeake Bay, ii, 133. 
on the Delaware, i, 291. 
on the Drowned Lands, i, 299. 
at Egg Harbor, ii, 141. 
at the Fire Islands, ii, 127. 
on the York and James rivers, 
ii, 133. 
on the Gunpowder river, ii, 
135. 
on the Passaic, i, 299. 
on the Susquehanna, ii, 133: 
at Spesutic Island, ii, 135. 
in drains, i, 301. 
in lakes, i, 303. 
best mode of, i, 304: ii, 123, 
131, 138. 
at Miller’s island, ii, 75. 
Ducking batteries, ii, 128. 
boats, ii, 145. 
powder, i, 317: ii, 104, 321. 
caps, ii, 321. 
shot, i, 317: ii. 131. 
Dupont’s Gunpowder, ii, 321. 
Dutchess county, i, 17. 
Egg Harbor, Canvass-back Ducks 
at, ii, 79. 
Fowl shooting at, ii, 141. 
Egrets, i, 39. 235: ii, 9. 
Eley’s patent cartridges, i, 149, 
317: ii, 119, 144, 238, 258. 
Elk, the American, i, 32: ii, 147, 
159, 253. 
description of, ii, 159. 
antlers of, ii, 161. 
size of, ii, 254. 
weight of, ii, 254. 
habits of, ii, 163. 
courage of, ii, 165. 
mode of hunting, ii. 253. 
use of Deerhounds for, ii, 255. 
stalked by Mr. Sibley, iij 255. 
best weapon for, ii, 257. 
Elk river, Duck shooting on the, ii, 
133. 
