. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . ora [Rallus Carolinus) ....... 263 CHAPTER XVI. Great Eed-breasted Rail [Rallus elegans) ...... 281 CHAPTER XVII. Clapper-Rail, or Mud-Hen {Rallus crepitans) 283 CHAPTER XVIII. Esquimaux Curlew, or Short-billed Curlew [Scolopax borealls) . 287 CHAPTER XIX. Long-billed Curlew, or Sickle-bill [Nmnenius longirostris) . 291 CHAPTER XX. Black-bellied Plover [Chai-adrius apricariiis) 294 CHAPTER XXI. Semipalmated Snipe, Willet, or Stone-Curlew [Scolopax semi- palmata)
. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . ora [Rallus Carolinus) ....... 263 CHAPTER XVI. Great Eed-breasted Rail [Rallus elegans) ...... 281 CHAPTER XVII. Clapper-Rail, or Mud-Hen {Rallus crepitans) 283 CHAPTER XVIII. Esquimaux Curlew, or Short-billed Curlew [Scolopax borealls) . 287 CHAPTER XIX. Long-billed Curlew, or Sickle-bill [Nmnenius longirostris) . 291 CHAPTER XX. Black-bellied Plover [Chai-adrius apricariiis) 294 CHAPTER XXI. Semipalmated Snipe, Willet, or Stone-Curlew [Scolopax semi- palmata) ............ 299 CHAPTER Shooting 305 CHAPTER [Anas vallsineria) 313 CHAPTER XXIV. Different Varieties of Ducks . 353 CHAPTER XXV. American Hare, or Gray Rabbit {Lcpus sylvLticus) .... 385 CHAPTER Squirrel 39G CHAPTER XXVII. Miscellaneous Hints 408 CHAPTER XXVIII. Discovery and Introduction of Gunpowder 455 CHAPTER XXIX. The Art of Cooking Game 488 CHAPTER XXX. Some Hints on Taxidermy. The Art of Obtaining and Pre-serving THE Skins of Birds 514 CHAPTER Hygienic Remarks 523. CHAPTER I. EXPOSITION OF THE TECHNICAL TERMS USED BY ORNITHOLOGISTS. ITHOUT a cursory knowledge, at least, ofthe technical terms employed by Orni-thologists in their delineations of the feathered race, we cannot expect all ourreaders to understand or appreciate thescientific descriptions Mhich we have in-serted of the game-birds of our country;it therefore appears to us that we cannotdo better than devote the first few pagesof this volume to the full elucidation ofthese appellatives, which, in fact, are the A B C of Ornithology, the Alpha and Omega of the branch. 25
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