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DUCK SHOOTING. 



When the molting season begins the Eskimo kill 

 these geese in common with others, capturing them by 

 means of nets set on the marshes, into which the molt- 

 ing birds are driven. At this time the destruction of 

 the birds is very great. 



This species in Norton Sound is called white-headed 

 goose, while the name applied to it by the Russians is 

 sa-sar-ka, meaning guinea hen, evidently from the col- 

 oring of the plumage. 



