CON TEN TS: 
CHAPTER I. 
REVERIES. 
* T remember’?—A dreamy youth—Amid Nature—Birds and flowers 
—His first gun—Primitive accoutrements—Gentle Neil—The wood- 
cock—Chagrin—Success—A dark shadow—A woodcock feeding— 
Love of field sports—Pleasant memories. 
CHAPTER II. 
MALLARD DUCK. 
Migrations--Rate of speed—Springtime—Pin-oak ridges—A mate 
chosen—Constancy—-Beneath the forest trees—Connubial bliss— 
‘“Are you coming ?’’—Visitors—A contrast—Breeding places— 
Staying to spend the summer—Rushes and rice—Corn-fed mal- 
lards. 
CHAPTER III. 
WOOD DUCK—SUMMER DUCK. 
Beautiful plumage—Sweet memories—In among the alder and maples 
—Where they frequent—A happy pair—Their tiny brood—A bug 
—A scramble—Contrast between male and female—Sunshine—In 
a tree; astrange sight —A pastoral scene—A_ pretty bird—Rainbow 
colors—A study—Their flight. 
CHAPTER IV. 
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 
In early fall—Where they frequent—Avoid open water—Easily de- 
coyed—How they drop in, snipe-like—Their great speed—One hun- 
dred and fifty miles an hour—Waiting for shot to catch up, possibly 
—A slight blow kills them-—Dainty eating. 
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