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INDIANA 



NDIANA has more in the line of 

 feathered game than furred game. 

 The state has an area of 33,809 

 square miles. Almost two thirds 

 of the state is level; some por- 

 tions are undulating, but no very 

 great elevation of land is found. 



Of furred game there are some 

 deer; fox arc common; rabbit 

 and squirrel are abundant; mink 

 and muskrat are numerous. 



Of the feathered game, duck and geese are most 

 prominent; nearly all the species of shoal-water duck 

 found in the United States migrate through this state. 

 The snipe family is well represented, and there are 

 plover, rail, and other aquatic birds. 



Of upland game-birds there are pinnated grouse or 

 prairie-hen, some ruffed grouse, quail, woodcock, and 

 dove. 



Birds are somewhat scarce in the central part of the 

 state, but are quite plentiful in the extreme southern 

 portion. Among the places where the sportsman is 

 likely to secure good shooting are the following : Bed- 

 ford, Lawrence county, good quail shooting; Bicknell, 

 Knox county, quail shooting; near Columbia City, 

 good quail shooting, also fox-squirrel. This part of 

 the state is comparatively free from underbrush, and is a 



