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Ni§lit-decoy!«i. 



Living decoy animals and birds. 



Doeoy (logs, used in hunting ducks. 



Stool-pigeons. 



Tame decoy-ducks. 



Tame decoy-brants. 



Imitations of animals and birds. : 



Decoy-waders (carved in wood). 



25042. Black-breastetl plover {Squatarola helvetica). P. Brasher, New York^ 

 25041. Long-Lilled curlew (XitmeHeiis longirostris). " " 



25043. Yollow-sliauks (6'«Hi&f//«7/«c(>'s). " " 



Decoy-waders (stamijed in tin). 



25909. Black-breasted plover (Squatarola helvetica). Herman Strater &- Sons, 



[Boston, Mass. 

 25908. Golden plover (Charadrius virginicufi) " " 



2590(5-7. Red-hreasted anii^e {Macrorhamphu!^ griseusf). " " 



25910-11. Moustoue {Strepsilas interpres). " " 



These decoys are made hollow, stamped out in halves, hinged at 

 head and tail to open and nest together. One dozen plover 

 weigh 3 i)ouuds, with box occupying a space of 8| bj' 9 inches, 3 

 inches deep. Patented. 



Decoy swimming-birds (made from tlie skins of birds). 



7127. Skin of canvas-back duck {FuVujula rallisneria) stuffed with dry 



tul^ grass and fitted for decoy with strings and weights. Pi-Ure 

 Indians. Robert Ridgway. 



7128. Skin of red-head duck (FuHgulaferina, var. americana), fitted for use as- 



decoy. Pi-Ute Indians. Robert Ridgway. 



7129. Same. Robert Ridgway. 



4783. Same. Pi-Ute Indians. Carson Lake, Utah. Capt. J. H. Simpson. 

 19031. Skin of widgeon (Marcca americana), fitted for iiso as decoy. 



Cooyuwee Pi-Ute Indians. Pyramid Lake, Nevada. Native 



name, Imoodooicc. Stephen Powers. 

 29532. Skin of a pin-tail duck (Dajihi acuta), stuffed for use as a decoy. P. 



Louis .louy, Washington, D. C. 



Decoy swimming-birds (carved in wood). 



25040. Brant {Bcrnicla hrenta). P. Brasher, New York City. 

 25035. Mallard (Anas boschan). Henry A. Stevens, Weedsport, N. Y. 

 25242. " " Male. John Krider, Pliihidelphia. 



25241. " " Female. " " 



29540. Black duck (Aiiax ohHciiriis). Francis Bunitt, South Norwalk, Conn. 

 25034. " '' A. Stevens, Weedsjiort, N. Y. 



2G051. Pin-tail duck (I)afila acuta). John Krider, I'Iiilad<']i)hia. 

 2G0.54. Bald-pale duciv (.]/«/•(•(■« amcrk'rtHa). Male. .Job u Krider, Philadelphia. 

 26055. " " Female. " " 



25038. " " P. Brasher, New York City. 



25031. r.liic-wiug teal (Qticrqiicdnia discom). Henry A. Stevens, Weedsport,. 

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