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abundant and also is protected for a term of years by the Federal 

 Migratory Bird Law, I had no purpose to shoot it. I still felt that 

 other ducks must be somewhere on the pond, but our unusually 

 loud conversation failed to stir them. We made our way back to 

 dry land and walked around to another side of the pond. By 

 this time our hands were actually dripping blood from the numer- 

 ous and in some instances deep, cuts inflicted by the saw grass. 

 We decided that my companion should fire her gun and I would 

 be ready for any legitimate game that might flush in consequence. 

 At the explosion, a large flock of ducks rose, out of which I knocked 

 down two, but recovered only one — a male Pintail. On another 

 occasion I killed a Green-winged Teal out of a flock of ducks, includ- 

 ing some Mallards, flushed from this pond, the vicinity of which, 

 I may add, was a favorite resort for several species of the smaller 

 birds. Here, early in the mornings, I found Brown Thrashers, 

 White-throated Sparrows, Ruby -crowned Kinglets, Golden-crowned 

 Kinglets, Maryland Yellow-throats, and Orange-crowned Warblers, 

 quite abundant. I was informed that Wild Turkeys are occasion- 

 ally met with in these woods. George Lewis killed one there in 

 November, 1916. 



For a general pleasure outing, weather conditions during my 

 stay at East Goose Creek could hardly have been improved. We 

 slept on the porch most comfortably, despite the chill of the night 

 atmosphere. Each day was ushered in by the raucous voices of 

 hundreds of Florida and Fish Crows which passed in a steady 

 stream just beyond land in front of our house. They were always 

 headed in the same direction, — toward their feeding grounds 

 somewhere to the westward of Goose Creek. They returned 

 pretty consistently over the same route toward dark every even- 

 ing. I did not have an opportunity to follow them to their roost 

 which, apparently, is not many miles east of Goose Creek. With- 

 out much doubt, this is the St. Marks roost referred to by Mr. 

 Kalmbach in his article entitled "Winter Crow Roosts" in the 

 ' Yearbook ' of the Department of Agriculture for 1915, page 92. 



Large flocks of Canada Geese were always in sight or hearing. 

 They were feeding out in the bay around the grassy islands a mile 

 or two from the mainland. 



Among the ducks at Goose Creek I was surprised to note the 



