. Feathered game of the Northeast . Hen 245 -fronted Goose 251 -rumped Sandpiper. 152, 153 -wing 400 White-winged Coot 397, 309, 400Widgeon 295, 315 432 INDEX (Widgeon nest 296 European 300 Wild celery 296, 332 Willet 175, 176 Willow Grouse 51 dwarf 52 Wilsons , 105 Wilsons Plover 86, 90 nest of ... 90 Wilsons Snipe 130, 145, 146, 160, 183, 187Wilsons Snipe, drumming of 131 Winter 189, 208 Yellow-leg ...117, 190Woodcock, 32, 49, 66, 68, 108, 134 Woodcock, love-making of. 109, 110 nest of 108, 109 song of IIU perching habit. 124, 125 Woodcocking 48 Wood Duck, 125, 314, 318, 388, 4
. Feathered game of the Northeast . Hen 245 -fronted Goose 251 -rumped Sandpiper. 152, 153 -wing 400 White-winged Coot 397, 309, 400Widgeon 295, 315 432 INDEX (Widgeon nest 296 European 300 Wild celery 296, 332 Willet 175, 176 Willow Grouse 51 dwarf 52 Wilsons , 105 Wilsons Plover 86, 90 nest of ... 90 Wilsons Snipe 130, 145, 146, 160, 183, 187Wilsons Snipe, drumming of 131 Winter 189, 208 Yellow-leg ...117, 190Woodcock, 32, 49, 66, 68, 108, 134 Woodcock, love-making of. 109, 110 nest of 108, 109 song of IIU perching habit. 124, 125 Woodcocking 48 Wood Duck, 125, 314, 318, 388, 415 nesting 321, 322 Yellow-legs, Greater .. 144, 171,177,197 Lesser ..186, 197 -shanks 176 Yellow Rail 237 /3^ 4^ PLEASE DO NOT REMOVECARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY BioMed. Copyright, 1907, By Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Published September, 1907. TO MY WIFE, MOST PATIENT OF READERS AND GENTLEST OF CRITICS THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED. PREFACE. The writer is aware that there are many ex-cellent bird books, but while most of these areof wider scope, either covering the broad fieldof general ornithology or dealing with the en-tire bird life of a large area of country, thereare few which treat solely of the groups of spe-cial interest to sportsmen,—especially to thesportsmen of New England, This work is de-voted to the so-called game birds, and whilethe authors intent has been to write of themto the man whose nature study has been con-ducted in the open and mostly over a gunbarrel,it is his hope that all lovers of the birds and theout-of-doors, and even the scientific ornitholo-gist as well, may find his page of interest andprofit. Treating the subject from the standpoint offair sportsmanship, the writer has endeavoredto discountenance the reckle
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