INDEX.
[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [Q], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W], [Y].
Accidents from muzzle-loaders, [42].
Accidents in rail-shooting, [197].
A day’s shooting in New Jersey, [106].
Adventure in New Jersey, [99].
“A Girl from New Jersey,” [98].
American golden plover, [143-179].
American gun-makers, [63].
American ring-plover, [158];
swan, [306].
Anas, bernicla, [304];
canadensis, [304];
genus, [306];
boschas, [306];
obscura, [308];
strepera, [308];
Americana, [309];
acuta, [310];
sponsa, [312];
crecca, [314];
discors, [316];
clypeata, [317].
Ancient and modern hunting, [8].
Apparatus necessary for breech-loader, [37].
Appendix, [303].
Barnegat Bay, [22].
Barnegat pirates, [117-118].
Bartram’s sandpiper, [152].
Bass-fishing out West, [261].
Bathing-party on Jersey coast, [103].
Batteries, [20];
description of, [21], [205];
condemned, [21], [22], [25].
Bay-birds, [19];
definition of, [66];
improper modes of pursuing, [20];
batteries, [20], [21], [22], [25].
(See Bay-Snipe.)
Bay-snipe, shooting, [66], [103], [104];
none in England, [58];
what are, [66];
traits of, [103];
sociability of, [103];
peculiarities of, [136];
“trading,” [104];
skill required for shooting, [67];
sport of shooting, [68-106];
shooting on the Jersey coast, [106];
the French gentleman’s beautiful shot, [69];
rivalry in shooting, [70];
number bagged at one shot, [70];
flight of uncertainty as to, [71], [85], [86-87];
season for sport, [71-72];
flying, mode of, [72];
flight, line of, [73-86];
lead migration of game birds, [18];
flight, direction of, [73-74];
period of incubation, [73];
varieties of, [74];
sickle-bills, [75];
jack-curlew, [76];
plover, [109];
marlin, [76];
willet, [77];
golden plover, [77-112];
black-breast, [77];
yelper, [77];
yellow-legs, [77];
brant-bird, [78-132];
robin-snipe, [78];
dowitcher, [78-132];
krieker, [78-131];
pursuit of; best mode, [78];
stools, [79-80], [82-83];
calls, [79], [83-84];
stands, [79];
wooden stools best, [81];
whistling, [84];
cries of the birds, [84];
shooting, uncertainty of, [85];
gun to be used for, [87-90];
charge and powder for, [87-91];
how to carry the gun, [87];
shooting, dress for, [90];
names of; confusion as to, [91];
names of, varieties of, [91];
names of, scientific, [92-109];
varieties of; Bartram’s sandpiper, [110];
frost-bird and frost-snipe, [92-113];
meadow-snipe, [92];
beach-bird, [92];
fat-bird, [92];
short-neck, [92];
pectoral sandpiper, [92];
horsefoot snipe, [92-132];
varieties of, discussion about, [109];
which are good eating, [93];
stringing, how to be done, [94];
migration of, [94];
localities for, [94-95], [97];
not killed south of Virginia, [95];
at Quogue, [96];
sport spoiled by establishment of watering-place, [96];
at Squan Beach, [97];
at Barnegat, Egg Harbor, Brigantine Beach, [97];
shooting in New Jersey, [106].
Beach-bird, [113], [145].
Beach on Jersey coast, [101].
Beach-robins, [148].
Beetle-headed plover, [141].
Big yellow-legs, [165].
“Bill,” and the names of the plovers, [113].
Bill’s ghost stories, [120].
Bill’s house, [116].
Birds, wounded, what becomes of them, [237].
Birds, definition of term, [9].
“ game, which are, [10];
in restaurants out of season, [15];
protection of, [10], [13], [14];
services rendered by, [11], [12];
out of season, [16];
legal time for killing, [17];
singing birds, murder of, [13];
season for killing different kinds, [17], [18], [19];
migration of game-birds, [18].
Black-bellied plover, [112-141].
Bald-pate duck, [309].
Black duck, [308].
Black-head duck, [320].
Blue-bill duck, [320].
Blue-winged teal, [316].
Blind for shooting, [106].
Blind-snipe, [157].
Blue-bills, [238].
Blue-fish, season for, [133].
Bony fish, [134].
Black-breast, [141], [156].
Brant-bird, [148].
Breech-loaders, [32], [37];
advantages of, [42], [287];
objections to, [43], [48-49];
superiority of, [33];
history of, [33];
Lefaucheux, [33];
mode of using, [34], [35];
safety of, [39];
cartridge for, [34], [39], [50], [62];
needle-gun, [36];
Jeffries gun, [36];
English gun, [37];
impervious to wet, [41];
apparatus necessary for, [37];
recoil of, [41];
refilling cartridges, [54], [57];
trial between breech and muzzle-loaders in 1863, [44];
pigeon match with, [44];
discussion as to in “The Field,” [43];
the dead shot, [48-59];
heating of gun, [58];
useful for killing snipe, duck, and rail, [60];
compared with muzzle-loaders, [60];
Dougall’s invention, the lockfast, [61];
price of, [62];
must be imported, [64].
Broad-bill, [238], [320].
Brown-back, [171].
Bull-headed plover, [112-141].
Buffel-headed duck, [322].
Butter-ball duck, [322].
Calls for birds, [79], [83-84].
Canvas-back ducks classified as sea-ducks, [237];
comparison between them and mallards, [237], [318].
Carrying gun, [87].
Cartridges for breech-loaders, [34-39];
safety of, [39];
impervious to wet, [41];
objections to answered, [50];
filling, [50];
refilling, [54-57];
extractor, [54];
missfires with, [56];
best kind, [62].
(See breech-loaders.)
Cedar-birds destroy worms, [11].
Change of guns, [28].
Change of seasons for birds, [113].
Charadrius, helveticus, [112], [141];
pluvialis, [112], [143], [179];
semipalmatus, [113];
vociferus, [113], [146];
hiaticula, [145];
rubidus, [147].
Charge used for shooting bay-birds, [87].
“Charley’s,” [101].
Cheap guns, [28].
Chesapeake Bay, ducks on, [20].
Cleaning gun, [89].
Close times for killing game-birds, [17].
Clubs, sportsmen’s, [14];
Western, [219].
Coast of New Jersey, [106].
Comparison between breech and muzzle-loaders, [60].
Confusion in names of birds, [91].
Cook’s “Tommy,” [98].
Crabtown, [100].
Crack shots, [274].
Cross-shots, [278].
Cries of birds, [84].
Curlew, [76], [133], [173];
Esquimaux, [176].
Cygnus, genus, [305];
Americanus, [306].
Dead birds, stools made of, [82].
“Dead-shot,” the, [48], [58-59].
Deceptions by gun-makers, [30].
Decoys, [79].
Defence of sporting, [273].
Definition of game in English law, [7].
Delaware rail-shooting, [197].
Depredations of worms checked by birds, [10-11].
Derivation of name of “plover,” [111].
Description of plover, [111].
Dipper-duck, [322].
Doe-bird, [176].
Dogs, for wild-fowl shooting, [207];
for all shooting, [208];
varieties of, [209];
training of, [210];
colors of, [211];
Newfoundland, [209], [212];
retriever, [209];
at the South, [209].
Dougall’s invention—the “lockfast,” [61].
Dowitch, [171].
Dowitcher, the, [78], [132], [171].
Dress for shooting, [90].
Ducks, game, [10];
time for killing, [17-18];
where plentiful, [20];
Classification of, [237];
flavor of, [236];
shooting, [219];
with breech-loader, [60];
sport of, [213-227];
localities for, [213];
weather for, [214];
on inland lakes, [219];
sportsmen’s club out West, [219];
adventures in West, [221], [226];
Mud Creek bridge, [229];
record of shooting in the West, [233];
talk about sport, [233];
canvas-backs and the wild celery, [235];
shot to be used for, [238];
Henry, [282];
how to shoot the ducks, [255];
Irish gentleman’s shot, [256];
among the weeds, [258];
punting, [259];
fresh-water, [306];
mallard, [306];
greenhead, English, grey, wild, [306-310];
gadwall, Welsh drake, German, [308];
widgeon, bald-pate, [309];
pintail, sprig-tail, pigeon-tail, [310];
wood, [312];
summer, [312];
green-winged teal, [314];
blue-winged teal, [316];
spoonbill, shoveller, [317];
sea duck, [318];
canvas-back, [318];
red-head, [319];
broad-bill, blue-bill, scaup, black-head, raft, [320];
whistler, golden eye, great-head, [321];
butter-ball, buffel-headed, spirit, [322];
old wife, south-southerly, old squaw, long-tailed, [323];
Merganser, [324];
shell-drake, goosander weaser, [325].
Dusky duck, [308].
Eating, which birds are best for, [93].
England, no bay-snipe nor rail in, [58].
England, trial of breech-loaders in, [44-47].
English guns, German palmed off as, [30].
English guns preferable, [37].
English law defines game, [7].
English snipe, [114];
seasons for, [133].
English duck, [306].
European woodcock, [8].
Farmer’s interest in protecting birds, [10].
Fat-bird, [92-160].
“Field,” the, on breech and muzzle-loaders, [43].
Field-plover, [152].
Fight for shooting stands, [126].
Fighting, reflections on, [129].
Filling cartridges, [50].
Firing gun too close to companion, [70].
Fish, blue, seasons for, [133];
bony, [134].
Fishing at the West, [261].
Flight of bay-snipe, [72-73], [86];
direction of, [73].
Flight of game-birds, led by bay-snipe, [18];
order of flight, [18].
Flight of plover, [153].
Food, which birds are best for, [93].
Frank Forester on plover, [112].
French gentleman’s beautiful shot, [69].
Fresh-water ducks, [306].
Frost-birds and frost-snipe, [92], [113], [143], [157].
Fute, the, [176].
Fuligula, genus, [318];
valisneria, [318];
ferina, [319];
marila, [320];
clangula, [321];
albeola, [322];
glacialis, [323].
Gadwall, [308].
Game, definition of in English law, [7];
protection of, [10], [14-15];
purchase of at unseasonable times, [15];
at restaurants, [15];
legal times for killing, [17];
upland game disappearing, improper pursuit of, [20];
bay-birds not killed as game south of Virginia, [95].
Game-birds, definition of term, [9], [273].
Game-laws, [14].
“Gap,” the, [260].
Geese, game-birds, [10];
description of varieties, [303].
Genus strepsilas, [148];
totanus, [163];
limosa, [168];
numenius, [173];
anser, [303];
cygnus, [305];
anas, [306];
fuligula, [318];
Mergus, [324].
German guns, [30];
duck, [308].
Ghost stories of Jersey coast, [120].
Giraud on plover, [112].
Godwit, [133], [168], [170];
great marbled, [168].
Golden plover, [77];
specific character, [143], [179];
at Nepeague Beach, [185].
Golden-eye duck, [321].
Goose, the, [303];
wild, [304];
Canada, [304];
brant, [304];
barnacle, [304];
brent, [304].
Goosander weaser, [325].
Grass plover, [152].
Grassy point, [255], [268]
Greater yellow-shanks, [165].
Great pond, Long Island, [187].
Great-head duck, [321].
Green-head duck, [306].
Green-winged teal, [314].
Grey duck, [306], [310].
Grey plover, [152].
Grouse, time for killing, [18].
Guns, good and inferior, [27];
first used for feathered game, [7];
changing, [28];
for bay-birds, [87], [90];
cheap, dangerous, [28];
light, necessary, [29];
difficulty of distinguishing between good and bad, [30];
German, palmed off as English, [30];
importers of, practise deceptions, [30];
how to distinguish good from bad, [31];
how to select, [31];
how to carry, [87], [286];
protect and clean, [87], [88], [89];
Manton’s theory, [32];
breech, shape of, [32];
breech-loaders, [32-37];
advantages of, [42];
objections to, [43-48];
superiority of, [33];
history of, [33];
Lefaucheux, [33];
Jeffries, [36];
English preferred, [37];
Dougall’s invention—the lockfast—[61];
the dead-shot, [48], [58-59];
makers of in America, [63];
fired too close to shooting companion, [70];
recoil of gun, [280];
load for, [281];
shot for, [282];
rules for safety, [284].
Habits of plover, [153-160].
Hackensack rail-shooting, [201].
Hawking in olden time, [7].
“Henry,” [252];
his advice, [252];
he shoots with the author, [264].
Horsefoot snipe, [92], [132], [148].
How to clean, carry, and protect the gun, [87], [88], [89].
How to string birds, [94].
How to approach plover, [155].
Hudsonian curlew, [173].
Hunting in olden time, [7].
Hunting, comparison between ancient and modern, [8].
Imported guns best, [63].
Improper pursuit of game, [20].
Incubation of bay-birds, [73].
India-rubber stools, [83].
Inferior guns, [27].
Inlet, closing of, [134].
Interest of farmer to protect game-birds, [10].
Irishman’s duck-shooting, [255].
Jack-curlew, [76], [173].
Jacks, [133].
Jack-snipe, [160].
Jakey’s tavern, [102].
Jeffries’ breech-loaders, [36].
Jersey, a girl from, [98].
Jersey coast shooting, [106].
Jersey courts and damages, [180].
Jersey, bathing in, [103].
Jersey coast, a day’s shooting on, [106].
Judgment required in bay-bird shooting, [70].
Kentuckian’s bass-fishing, [261];
his wager, [263].
Kildeer plover, [113-146].
Killing song-birds, [13].
“ game-birds out of season, [15].
“ birds, game-laws, [14].
“ legal times for, [17], [18], [19].
“ by batteries, [21], [22], [25];
by pivot-guns, [23], [25];
by sail-boats, [24].
Killing snipe, ducks, and rail, gun for, [60].
Krieker, [78], [131], [160].
Lakes at the West increasing, [268].
Lattimer Marsh, [266].
Laws, game, [14], [15].
Lefaucheux gun, [33-64].
Legal times for killing, [17-18].
“Lester’s,” [180].
Light gun necessary, [29].
Limosa, [133];
fedoa, [168];
Hudsonica, [168].
Little yellow-legs, [166].
Long Island, South Bay, [20].
Long-legged sandpiper, [157].
Lockfast, the, [61].
Loading, accidents from, [42].
Long-billed curlew, [174].
Long-tailed duck, [323].
Localities for bay-snipe, [94-97].
Lucky man’s duck-shooting, [240].
Mallard, [306].
Manton’s theory, [32].
Marbled godwit, [168].
Marlin, [76], [168], [170];
ring-tailed, [170].
Match, shooting, in England, [44].
Meadow-snipe, [92], [160].
Merganser, [324].
Mergus, [324].
Migration of birds, order of, [18];
of bay-birds, [94].
Missfires with breech-loader cartridge, [56].
Montauk, sport at, [188];
Point, [178].
Mud-creek bridge, [229].
Muskrat traps, [266].
Musquitoes, [90], [101], [125], [135].
Muzzle-loaders and breech-loaders, [27].
Muzzle-loaders, accidents from, [42].
“ and breech-loaders, trial between, [45];
discussion about in field, [43];
pigeon match between, [44];
compared, [60].
Names of bay-birds, confusion as to, [91];
varieties of names, [91];
scientific species, [109];
of plovers, “Bills,” remarks, [113].
Needle-gun, [36].
Nepeague Beach, [180].
New York snipe, [132].
New Jersey, sport in, [106];
a girl from, [98];
adventure in, [98];
bathing in, [103];
wreckers in, [116];
pirates of, [117];
ghost stories about, [120];
courts and damages, [130];
fight for stands, [126].
Numenius, [133];
Hudsonicus, [173].
“ Longirostris, [174].
“ Borealis, [176].
Number of birds bagged at one shot, [70].
Olden-time hunting, [7].
Old-squaw duck, [323].
Old-wife duck, [323].
Ortley family in Jersey and the fight, [126].
Ox-eye, [162].
Pectoral sandpiper, [92-160].
Peculiarities of bay-birds, [136].
Pigeon-match in England, [44].
Pigeon-shooting practice, [2-4].
Pigeon-tail duck, [310].
Pintail duck, [310].
Potomac, ducks on, [20].
Pivot-guns, condemned, [23-25].
Plover, shooting, directions for, [188];
a game bird, [10];
kinds of, [109];
discussion about, [110], [111];
Frank Forester and Giraud on, [112];
charadrius helveticus, [112], [141];
pluvialis, [112], [143];
black-bellied, [112], [141];
bull-head, [112], [141];
ring-neck or ring, [113];
semipalmatus, [113];
Wilson’s, [113];
piping or beach-bird, [113], [145];
melodius, [113];
kildeer, [113], [146];
vociferus, [113], [146];
“Bill’s” remarks about names of, [113];
specific character of each species, [141];
black-breast, [141], [156];
beetle-headed, [141];
American golden, [143], [179];
frost bird, [143];
hiaticula, [145];
sanderling, [147];
rubidus, [147];
turnstone, [148];
genus strepsilas, [148];
brant-bird, [148];
strepsilas interpres, [148];
horsefoot snipe, [148];
beach-robins, [148];
sandpiper, [150];
robin-snipe, [150];
red-breasted sandpiper, [150];
tringa cinerea, [150];
tringa rufa, [150];
upland plover, [152];
grey, grass, or field, [152], [179].
Plover, American ring, [158].
(See bay-birds and bay-snipe.)
Poachers, [15].
Pond-lily channel, [269].
Punting for rail, [192].
Quail, a game-bird, [10];
not migratory, [10];
time for killing, [17-18].
Quail snipe, [171].
Raccoon Beach, [23].
Rail, a game-bird, [10];
none in England, [58];
shooting, [190];
flight of, [191];
description of sport, [191], [202];
in boat, [192];
Delaware sport, [194], [197];
breech-loader best for, [192];
charge for, [195];
best places for rail-shooting, [199];
rail in Illinois, [199];
varieties of, [201];
short-billed and long-billed, [201];
Hackensack shooting, [201];
eating of, [203].
Raft-duck, [320].
Red-head duck, [319].
Red-backed sandpiper, [156].
Red-breasted sandpiper, [150-171].
Restaurants having game out of season, [15].
Ring-plover or ring-neck, [113-158].
Ring-tailed marlin, [170].
Rivalry in bay-snipe shooting, [70].
Robberies by ducks from each other, [235].
Robins, service of, [12].
Robin-snipe, [78-150].
Rules for trap-shooting, [326].
Sail-boat used to pursue ducks, [24].
Sand-fleas, [135].
Sanderling, [147].
Sandpiper, [133], [150];
Bartram’s, [110], [152];
pectoral, [92], [160];
red-breasted, [150];
red-backed, [156];
long-legged, [157];
Wilson’s, [162].
Scaup, [238], [320].
Scientific names for birds, [92].
Scolopacidæ, [132], [170];
noveboracensis, [132], [171];
flavipes, [166];
fedoa, [168].
Seasons for bay-birds, [71].
Sea-duck, [318].
Semipalmated tatler, [164].
Shell-drake, [325].
Shooting, dress for, [90];
match in England, [44];
on Jersey coast, [106];
rail, [190];
from boats, [192];
duck, [216];
at the West, [220];
art of, [274];
trap, rules for, [326].
Short-billed curlew, [173].
Short-neck, [92].
Shot, the dead, [45], [58];
by the French gentleman, [69];
for ducks, [238];
what is a good one, [277];
cross, [278];
aim, [279];
recoil, [280];
crack, [274];
load, [281];
quickness, [283];
practice, [283].
Shoveller duck, [317].
Sickle-bills, [75], [133].
Sickle-billed curlew, [174].
Sir Francis Francis, [277].
Sneak-box, [114]
Snipe, a game-bird, [10];
time for killing, [17];
when it stools, [133];
migration of, [18];
time for bay-snipe, [19];
batteries, [20];
no bay-snipe in England, [58];
killed by breech-loaders, [60];
English snipe, [114], [133];
shooting bay-snipe, [66], [103];
what are so-called, [66];
winter-snipe, [156];
peep, [156];
blind, [157];
frost, [157];
meadow, [160];
jack, [160];
quail, [171];
snipe, [170].
(See bay-snipe.)
South-southerly duck, [323].
Spoonbill duck, [317].
Spirit duck, [322].
Sprig-tail duck, [310].
Sport, misapplication of term, [271], [272];
when in perfection, [19];
spoiled by batteries, [20];
by watering-places, [96];
at South and West, [22], [220];
at Barnegat Bay, [22];
at Nepeague Beach, [180].
Sporting, defence of, [273].
Sportsmen, term misapplied, [13], [271];
protect birds, [14];
club in the West, [219];
shooting there, [220];
suggestions to, [271];
art of shooting, [274];
shot, [275].
Squan Beach, [97].
Stands, [79];
fight for, [106].
Stools, [79-80];
India-rubber, [83];
dead birds, [82];
wooden, [81].
Stories of Jersey pirates, ghosts, and wreckers, [119];
of the lucky man’s duck-shooting, [240];
of the unlucky man’s trout-fishing, [245].
“Stratton’s,” [187].
Strepsilas, genus, [148];
interpres, [132], [148].
Swallows serviceable, [12].
Summer-duck, [312].
Swan, [305];
White, [306];
American, [306].
Table of shots with breech-loaders, [45], [46].
Tatler, [166];
semipalmated, [164];
tell-tale, [165].
Tell-tale tatler, [165].
The beach, New Jersey, [101].
The “dead shot,” [48].
The Englishman’s woodcock-shooting, [126].
The fight for stands, [126].
“The Field,” [43].
The French gentleman’s shot, [69].
The Jersey girls, [98].
The “lockfast,” [61].
Times for killing birds, [17], [18], [19].
Totanus, [133], [163];
semipalmatus, [164];
vociferus, [165];
flavipes, [166].
“Trading,” [104].
Traits of bay-birds, [103].
Trap-shooting, [288];
where pursued, [288];
obtaining pigeons for, [289], [291];
assistants for, [291];
skill in, [291];
tame and wild pigeons compared, [292];
how to keep pigeons for, [293];
varieties of traps, [294], [299];
retrieving of birds in this sport, [295];
missfires, [296];
guns and load for, [296-298];
number of birds which may be killed in succession, [297];
English rules, [298];
ties, [298];
New York State Convention of 1865, [299];
plunge and spring traps, [299];
decay of trap-shooting, [300];
rules for, [326].
Trial of breech-loaders in England, [43].
Tringæ, [133];
Bartramia, [110], [152];
hiaticula, [158];
cinerea, [150];
rufa, [150];
alpina, [156];
himantopus, [157];
pectoralis, [160];
semipalmata, [162];
pusilla, [162].
Turkey, [9].
Turnstone, [132], [148].
Unlucky man’s trout-fishing, [245].
Upland game disappearing, [19].
Upland plover, [152].
Use of song-birds, [12].
Varieties of bay-birds, [74];
discussion as to, [109].
Varieties of names of bay-birds, [91], [109].
Virginia rail, [201].
Wager about duck-shooting, [263].
Water-fowl, time to kill, [18].
Watering-place, spoils sport, [96].
Welsh drake, [308].
West, the sportmen’s club there, [219];
adventure in, [221].
Western sport, [22].
Willet-shooting, [114].
Willet, [164].
Winter-snipe, [156].
Wilson’s plover, [113].
Wilson’s sandpiper, [162].
Wild rice of the West, [224].
Wild celery stolen from canvas-backs by widgeons, [235].
Wild-fowl shooting, [205];
in batteries, [205];
at the West and South, [206];
dogs for, [207];
localities for, [213];
how to shoot, [215].
Whistling for birds, [83].
Whistler duck, [321].
White swan, [306].
Widgeon, [319].
Wild duck, [306].
Woodcock, European, [8];
a game-bird, [10];
time to kill, [17];
shooting by the Englishman, [126].
Wood-duck, [312].
Wooden stools, [81].
Worms, depredations of, [11].
Wreckers of Jersey coast, [116].
Yellow-legs, [77],
[166];
big, [165];
little, [166].
Yellow-shanks, greater, [165].
Yellow-tatler, [166].
Yelper, [77], [165].