CHAPTER XX. 



Wild Fowl. — Fliip[)er Shooting. — Duck Shooting. — Etiiiarkable Dog. — 

 Submersiou. — The Punt - Gun. — The Skjut-ko. — The Crinoline. — 

 Curious Ruse. — Reynanl'.s Manoeuvre. ^ The Shooting-Tub. — The 

 Fogel-Eef. — The Lintu-Lauta. — The Wild Goo.se Snare. — The 

 Steel-Trap. 



^T^IIE lakes and rivers of Scandinavia swarm with 

 -*- aquatic birds of one kind or another. Many different 

 species bred in the vicinity of E-onnum, more especially 

 in the great lake Wenern, w'hich was close to my residence. 

 Amongst the rest the Mallard, the Teal, the Golden Eye, 

 the Widgeon, the Goosander, tlie Merganser, the Black- 

 throated Diver, the Red-throated Diver, the Great Black- 

 backed Gull, the Common Gull, the Common Tern, the 

 Black Tern, and the Caspian Tern. 



The Waders that nested with us were also numerous ; 

 amongst which may be named the Golden Plover, the 

 Lapwing, the Common Snipe, and, as it was believed, the 

 Solitary and the Jack Snipe ; also the RuflF, the Oyster- 

 catcher, the Crane, the Water-Bail, the Spotted Crake, 

 the Coot, tlie Dusky Sandpiper (I'arely), the Green Sand- 



