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Many refuges are man made and are saiu'tuaries l)y law. Otliers are broad open waters difficult. 

 to himt. Each refuge plays a part in sending waterfowl north to renew the flights the following year. 



The true value of the autumn marsh — its birds — depends on the iM-eservation of varied and widely 

 spaced wetlands. 



WOODCOCK 



SNIPE 



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UPLAND GAME 



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A sora rail bursting from a Carolina marsh, a 

 snipe careening from an Oi'egon meadow, a wood- 

 cock exploding from a Connecticut thicket are all 

 products of many widely scatti'red wetland types. 



Many a hunter has Idled his bag of rutl'etl grouse 



by following the eilge of an aldei- swam]). Pheas- 

 ants often use weedy marsh edges for roosting 

 and for winter cover. Some upland game birds 

 could more accurately be cousideied dwellers of 

 wetlanilsthanof iiplanils. 



