DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS 13 



worth preserving for food and for sport will be found 

 in the appendix. 



Many species which now breed rarely or not at all in 

 many States once were abundant during the nesting 

 season. The breeding range extended much farther 

 South than it does. Only a few years ago I saw many 

 wild ducks breeding abundantly in the Dakotas, Mon- 

 tana and elsewhere in places where they no longer 

 occur. They have been driven away by incessant per- 

 secution and by the draining of the marshes, but easily 

 they can be restored and kept abundant in many places, 

 provided, always, their nesting and feeding grounds be 

 made safe and attractive. 



