CONTENTS. ix 



PAOi: 



CHAPTER XXI. 

 The Game-Ducks 169 



CHAPTER XXII. 

 Midnight ox the Oozes — A Wixteh's Night in a Guxkixg- 



PUxNT 186 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

 Brext Geese 191 



CHAPTER XXIY. 

 Among the Wild Geese— A Wixtek's Day in a Gunning- 

 Punt 200 



CHAPTER XXV. 

 Grey Geese 206 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

 Diving-Ducks 214 



C BARTER XXVII. 

 Sea-Ducks 224 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

 "Waders, Divers, and other Fowl 233 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

 Some Specific Observations on the Wading Birds . . 243 



CHAPTER XXX. 



Grebes and Divers 248 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



WiLDFOWLING IN MiLD WeATHER — " BlaNK DaYS " — (iN JaNUARY 



1886) 251 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



Wildfowl and the Weather in March 1886 . . . 258 



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