. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. UPLAND SHOOTING. 8M <'i RAIL SHOOTING. I -1. ROM tho middle of August, tnitll tlio Hottintr in of wintry frosts, the pursuit of tiiis curious, and ex- cellent little i)inl, m;iy bo followed in tlie lociililii's which ho fro- " quent8, by those who caro for the â sport. ^ It is not by n!iy moans compii- ^ rablo to those kinds of shooting, which are followod with doi^s in the field, among varied scenery and diverse accidents of sport; nor
. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. UPLAND SHOOTING. 8M <'i RAIL SHOOTING. I -1. ROM tho middle of August, tnitll tlio Hottintr in of wintry frosts, the pursuit of tiiis curious, and ex- cellent little i)inl, m;iy bo followed in tlie lociililii's which ho fro- " quent8, by those who caro for the â sport. ^ It is not by n!iy moans compii- ^ rablo to those kinds of shooting, which are followod with doi^s in the field, among varied scenery and diverse accidents of sport; nor is the bird very sporting in its habits, nor is much skill recjuired to shoot liim. Ho is, however, delicious to eat; he literally abounds on the reedy mud-llats of those rivers which he ad'ects ; and his season is one at which there is little or no other occupation for the sportsman. So that, between the epicurean desire for his Hesh, the absence of more agreeable and exciting sport, and the very easiness of the pursuit, whidi, to young liands and bad sliots, is a recommendation, the Hail is very eagerly pursued; and dur- ing those periods of the tide, which permit his pursuit, a stran- ger might well believe, during the Rail season, almost anywlicre on tho Delaware, sixty miles below, or thirty above Philadel- phia, that tho outposts of two armies were engaged in a brisk skimiish, so incessant is the rattle of small arms. It is the habit of this little bird to skulk and run among the reeds and water-oats of the flats which he inhabits; and, owing to the peculiar form of his long, flat-sided, wedge-like body, with the legs situated far behind, and the wings closely con» li. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : W. A. Townsend & Adams
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