66 EQUIPMENT. 



For Mallard — Mallard decoys ; a few redhead 

 and canvas-back beneficial if the flock is small, 

 and especially on overflowed prairies. 



For Canvas-back — Canvas-back decoys ; redhead 

 and blue-bills added to any extent advantageous. 



For Redhead — Redhead decoys ; with mallard 

 in shoal water, and canvas-back and blue-bills in 

 deep water. 



For Blue-bills — Redhead and canvas-back decoys 

 with blue-bills (blue-bills alone do not show well). 



For Sprigtail Teal and Gray Ducks — Mallard, 

 or mallard and redhead decoys. 



For Widgeon — Any or all kinds ; mallard best, 

 especially in shoal water. 



Spoon-bills — Mallard decoys. 



Wood-duck — Mallard decoys, though these do 

 not decoy well to anything. 



Other small deep-water ducks, to deep-water 

 decoys. When ducks desire to come into any 

 particular place, any decoy may help to quiet 

 their suspicions of danger, and would then be 

 of advantage, though of little use in other places. 



To illustrate the crude ideas of some indi- 

 viduals in regard to decoys, I will relate a little 

 incident. I was paddling up a certain river in 

 company with my hunting partners one day dur- 



