CHAPTER XX. 



Wild Fowl. FlilpjKT Shouting. Diurk Shoot in::. II. iiiMi-kitMi' I 

 Submersion. The Punt -Gun. Tin- Skjut-ko. Thr ('i-iiiolim-. 

 Curious Itiise. Reynard's Manceuvre. The SI ..... tin-,' Tul>. The 

 Fogel-Ref. The I-intu l.;iuta. The Wild Goose Snare. Tin- 

 Steel-Trap. 



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HE lakes and rivers of Scandinavia swarm with 

 aquatic liirds of one kind or another. .Many dillcrent 

 species bred in the vicinity of llonmmi, more especially 

 in the great lake Wenern, which was close to my residence. 

 Amongst. the rest the Mallard, the Teal, the ("Joldcn Kye, 

 the Widgeon, the Goosander, the .Merganser, the lUack- 

 throated Diver, the Red-throated Diver, the Great lilack- 

 hacked Gull, the Common Gull, the Common Tern, the 

 Black Tern, and the Caspian Tern. 



The Waders that nested \\ith us were also numerous; 

 amongst which may he named the Golden Plover, the 

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

 Solitary and the Jack Snipe; also the Hull', the Oyster- 

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

 the Coot, the Dusky Sandpiper (rarely), the Green Sand- 



