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and was regretfully informed that it vvais the smallest in the 

 district, and that the greatest number of Ducks picked up after 

 one discharge from it was 17, although the previous owner had 

 on one occasion got 21 from a single discharge. This was the 

 snmlUst gun, and it was stated that upwards of 20 Ducks picked 

 up was a common result from one discharge with many of the 

 other local guns. When 20 Ducks are picked up, it is quite 

 safe to say that almost an equal number get away wounded, 

 many of them to die a few hours later. It would be a very 

 difficult matter to prevent this wholesale slaughter, for it is no 

 easy task for a stranger to find his way about the countless 

 acres of swamps, even if the presence of strangers did not 

 temporarily check the shooting ; and the movements of the 

 local limbs of the law are notified, perhaps not so rapidly, 

 but just as effectively as by wireless telegraphy." 



Publications Received. 



Auk, The, XXIIL, No. 2, April, 1906. 



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