WiLp-FowLt or WItLp-FowL 
Though the Scaups are classed scientifically 
imonethe ms, Seay Oucks, they seem tome. to be 
found almost as much on fresh water as on salt. 
eencamimmany of the Greater and “Lesser: Scaup 
frequent the large ponds, and take good care of 
themselves, not minding the decoys nor allowing 
themselves to be approached» “I have seen, and 
taken, the Ring-necked Scaup occasionally. ‘The 
other Sea Ducks that come into the ponds, espe- 
cially during the easterly storms, do not fare so well. 
IMnetersto the three Scoters and the Oldsquaw, or 
Long-tailed Duck. They seem bewildered, and will 
not usually leave, though it cost them their lives. 
The gunners soon see them, and paddle toward 
them down-wind. The foolish Ducks wait for a 
fusillade in the water, and then secure another, ris- 
ing toward the boat. At length all are killed but 
stragglers, which are followed up and shot sepa- 
fately lease tall on October 111 happened to be 
in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, near Lake Buell, 
and began to hear accounts of wonderful Duck- 
shooting in the lake that day. Almost every family 
in the community had Ducks hanging up in the 
shed,— Surf and White-winged Scoters. There had 
been a storm the day before, and toward night an 
immense flock of these Scoters, probably lost and 
wearied, settled down into the lake. Many were 
killed ithatemieht—amnd the nextday; A. hundred 
and fifty-eight was the number of ‘“‘casualties’’ 
reported. Wild Geese are also addicted to similar 
wanderings and disasters, especially in sleet storms, 
dummesthem fight!) sAt such a time a flock of 
them, when I was a boy, descended into our gar- 
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