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as Shearwaters, Petrels, Jaegers, and Phalaropes. Good localities 

 to find the latter class are the shoals off the southeastern end of 

 Cape Cod, Massachusetts, or off Cape Sable, Nova Scotia. They 

 can often be baited up with fish-livers close to the vessel and be 

 successfully photographed. 



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Before autumn has really arrived, many of the smaller birds 

 have left for the South. The migratory species are now harder 

 to find and to identify, being largely silent and in dull, nondescript 

 plumage. Yet for all that it is interesting to be afield and to keep 

 tally on the migration, recording dates of first and last appearance 

 of all species observed. If done in friendly rivalry with others, 

 this is very interesting, and it is a joy to exercise in the cool air 

 amid the glories of autumn colors. 



By the latter part of September, migrator^' ducks and grebes 

 begin to appear on the various bodies of water, and during Octo- 

 ber the duck migration is at its height. Late October and early 

 November bring many Northern sea-birds along the coast, some 

 of which occasionally stray into inland lakes. A trip to the sea- 

 coast at this time among the hordes of wildfowl is a delight. The 

 sea in an autumnal or wintry hurricane — what is grander! 



Autumn is the shooting season for wild game. If you shoot, 

 be content with a few game morsels for the table, and disdain to 

 be so low-minded, in these days of growing scarcity of game, as 

 to glory in a big bag. Learn to enjoy the pursuit more than the 

 killing, the live wild creature in all its natural glory more than the 

 dead trophy. Try for wildfowl and big game photographs, and 

 as much as possible, let the camera usurp in your heart the altar 

 formerly consecrated to the gun. 



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