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.