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black ducks, Shortly after this a large lone 

 duck came from the direction of the swamp 

 timber and came over in the decoys and as he 

 poised and curved his wings to light I let him 

 down with the first barrel and when I waded out 

 to pick him up I found a duck unknown to me. 

 It was a large brown bird with a large flat bill, 

 looking very much like a spoon-bill. None of 

 the hunters on the marsh that saw^it could tell 

 the name of the duck. The morning of the 

 third day was rough and cold, the wind was 

 blowing strong from the northwest and not many 

 ducks were seen out on the open marsh in 

 stormy and windy weather for they would stay 

 in or near the timber. Yet I had fairly good 

 shooting for two or three hours in the morning. 

 As I was sitting in my sink barrel blind thinking 

 how much more comfortable it was than stand- 

 ing in the water in a grass blind all day, I heard 

 a loud "swish" of wings. Looking out I saw five 

 large ducks over the decoys. I arose, gave 

 them the right barrel and two fell dead and a 



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