The Celebrated Sporting Works OF ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT. I. The Game Fish of the North II. Superior Fishing. III. The Game Birds of the North. ⁂ _All published uniform with this volume, handsomely bound in cloth, price $2.00. Sent free by mail on receipt of price_, BY Carleton, Publisher, New York. THE GAME-BIRDS OF THE COASTS AND LAKES OF THE NORTHERN STATES OF AMERICA. A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE SPORTING ALONG OUR SEASHORES AND INLAND WATERS, WITH A COMPARISON OF THE MERITS OF BREECH-LOADERS AND MUZZLE-LOADERS. BY ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT, AUTHOR OF “THE GAME-FISH OF NORTH AMERICA,” “SUPERIOR FISHING,” “COUNTRY LIFE,” ETC., ETC. NEW YORK: _Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway._ M DCCC LXVI. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by GEO. W. CARLETON, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. THE NEW YORK PRINTING COMPANY, _81, 83, and 85 Centre Street_, NEW YORK. CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. Game of Ancient and Modern Days.--Its Protection and Importance.--The proper Shooting Seasons.--The Impolicy of using Batteries and Pivot-Guns. 7 CHAPTER II. Guns and Gunnery.--Breech-loaders compared with Muzzle-loaders.--A Sharp Review of the “Dead Shot.”--The Field Trial. 27 CHAPTER III. Bay-snipe Shooting.--The Birds, their Habits, Peculiarities, and places of Resort.--Stools and Whistles.--Dress and Implements appropriate to their pursuit.--Their Names and Mode of Capture. 66 CHAPTER IV. The New Jersey Coast.--Jersey Girls and their pleasant ways.--The peculiarities of Bay-snipe further elucidated.--Mosquitoes rampant.--Good Shooting and “Fancy” Sport.--Shipwrecks and Ghosts. 98 CHAPTER V. Bay-Birds.--Particular Descriptions and Scientific Characteristics.--A Complete Account of each Variety. 140 CHAPTER VI.