262 Where to Hunt 



Lake Champlain, and in a few localities farther south 

 along its eastern shores. Flight-birds arrive soon after 

 the so called equinoctial storm, and are then found in 

 goodly numbers in the Missisquoi marshes, and in nearly 

 every marsh along the eastern shore of the lake, and 

 along the low, soft banks of some of the small creeks in 

 the interior. The first hard frost starts the great bulk 

 of the birds southward, though a few remain until the 

 surface of the marshes is frozen. 



A few pairs of sharp-tailed grouse were recently re- 

 leased, and are reported as thriving. Red-breasted 

 snipe occasionally arrive with the late flight of English 

 snipe. Jack-snipe are sometimes found around the lake 

 marshes in October. Greater yellowlegs are not plenti- 

 ful. Some are found on the sand-bars of the lake dur- 

 ing October. They are occasionally found in the inte- 

 rior late in the fall. Lesser yellowlegs have the same 

 habits as their greater brothers. Great marble godwit 

 arrive in small numbers in October, and frequent the 

 shores and sand-bars of the lake. The Hudsonian 

 godwit arrives about the middle of October, rests, and 

 feeds along the sand-bars of the lake. Willet are occa- 

 sionally found late in October and early in November 

 along the lake shores and sand-bars. Golden plover 

 arrive early in September, and frequent old and closely 

 cropped fields on the islands and farms bordering the 

 lake ; they stool well, and are easily shot over dogs. 

 Black-breasted plover are generally found in smaller 

 numbers along with golden plover. Upland plover 

 breed abundantly on the hill farms in the northwestern 

 part of the state, but leave early in the season, about 

 September i, for the south. Ringnecked plover are 



