270 GAME DEEP-WATER FOWL. 



of a cat, will often help to attract their atten- 

 tion to decoys; but without decoys they will not 

 turn in for hearing it. They swim very fast 

 and are good divers, though not quite as expert 

 as the canvas-back; the methods of hunting 

 them are similar. In market they sell readily, 

 bringing, with the exception of canvas-backs, 

 a higher price than any other duck. They rise 

 from the water almost invariably against the 

 wind, and usually huddle before taking wing. St. 

 Louis fours or fives are the most killing shot 

 to use in shooting them. 



