O CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IX. 

 GOLDEN PLOVER, CURLEW, GRAY PLOVEB. 



Arrival of Golden Plover and Curlew First Seen on Burnt Prairies 

 Plover like Bare Earth and Pastures Golden Plover and Cur- 

 lew in Flocks Together They Follow the Plough Lying Down 

 for Plover Plover Shooting from a Buggy The Method of It 

 How to Shoot Plover on Foot Plover Circle Bound the Wounded 

 An Afternoon's Shooting near Elkhart Plover Shooting in 

 Christian County Golden Plover Scattered Fast Flyers and 

 Good Practice The Upland or Gray Plover Last of Spring 

 Migrants Breeds in Illinois, Iowa, etc. Ready to Pair when It 

 Arrives Should not be Shot in the Spring Nest of the Upland 

 Plover Difficult to Shoot in Autumn Horse and Buggy Needed 

 Flight of Upland Plover Sand Snipe and Grass Snipe, . 149-167 



CHAPTER X. 

 WILD DUCKS AND WESTERN DUCK SHOOTING. 



The Prime Western Ducks Beauty of the Wood Duck Its Rapid 

 Flight The Mallard Its Excellence and Beauty Comparison 

 with Canvas-Back Mallards' Nests The Flappers Ducks begin 

 to Arrive by Middle of February Habits of Mallards and Pintails 

 Their Vast Numbers Remain Four or Five Weeks Coming of 

 Ducks in the Fall Vast Numbers When Cold Sets In Heard 

 in the Air all Night Duck Shooting in the Corn-FieldsColor of 

 Clothes Important Ducks "Wary and Far-SightedMethod of 

 Shooting, 168-182 



CHAPTER XI. 

 DUCKS AND WESTERN DUCK SHOOTING. 



Cold Work in Hard Weather The Illinois River The Western 

 Corn-FieldsShooting in Them in Fall Osage Orange Hedges 

 Flight of Ducks in Wet, Windy Weather In Clear Weather 

 Ducks in Flight seem Neare-r than They Are Shooting at Prairie 

 Ponds and Sloughs Live Decoys Best Dead Duck Decoys bet- 

 ter than Wooden M ethod of Setting Dead Mallards as Decoys 

 Duck Shooting in the Winnebago Swamp Duck Shooting in Ford 

 County Mr. M. Sullivant's Great Farm Duck Shooting on the 

 Sangamon Shooting from the Timber Ninety-five Mallards with 

 No. 9 Shot Water Fowl Seek Timber in Hard, Windy 

 Weather, 



