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corpulent matron will forget herself and all out 
“quack, quack, quack” in “ Won’t go home till morn- 
ing” strains; but the majority are quiet, feeding along 
with a “sip-sip-sip,” just as you have often seen tame 
ducks do. Learn to imitate these ; learn to imitate 
the whistling pin-tail, the widgeon, the “meow”, the 
purring sound of the red-heads, the tenor quack of 
the shoveller, the Soprano of the teal. Listen to the 
mallard hen, as she calls her mate. Try to call like 
her. See! through the forest trees he hears her cry 
and goes to her. How your blood tingles, as his grat- 
ing, vibrating call reaches you, so mellow, so tender as 
it travels through the woods—« M-amph, M-amph.” 
Practice this call, not on the wooden one, but with the 
one nature provided you with. 
The best artificial calls I have seen are those made 
by Fred A. Allen. If one is apt he can readily learn 
to blow them, but bear in mind, the secret of duck 
calling is the right call in the right place, as the birds 
eall in their different flights and resorts. 
My opinion of “goose calls,” basing a verdict on 
those I have seen, may be found in the Chapter on 
“Canada Goose Shooting.” 
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