182 RAMBLES ABOUT HOME. 



are unable to undertake the journey. It is safe to say 

 that thousands that are crippled by the sportsman remain 

 in the marshes all the winter, but they finally succumb to 

 the rigor of the season. 



It would seem as if such old and crippled birds had 

 been made the objects of careful study, and from them 

 alone facts had been derived which have been offered 

 and accepted as embodying the authentic life-histories 

 of these birds. 



