TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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THE AUTUMN FLIGHT, , v 



PREFACE, vii 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, xv 



INTRODUCTION, xvii 



WHISTLING SWAN, 19 



TRUMPETER SWAN, 28 



WHOOPING SWAN, 31 



BLUE GOOSE, 33 



LESSER SNOW GOOSE, 35 



GREATER SNOW GOOSE 39 



Ross's SNOW GOOSE, 43 



WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, 45 



BEAN GOOSE, 50 



EMPEROR GOOSE. 52 



CANADA GOOSE, 57 



HUTCHINS' GOOSE, 69 



WHITE-CHEEKED GOOSE, 72 



CACKLING GOOSE, 74 



BARNACLE GOOSE, 78 



BRANT GOOSE, 80 



BLACK BRANT, 84 



WOOD DUCK 87 



BLACK-BELLIED TREE DUCK, ...... 92 



FULVOUS TREE DUCK, 95 



RUDDY SHELDRAKE, 97 



MALLARD, 100 



DUSKY DUCK, 106 



FLORIDA DUSKY DUCK, 109 



MOTTLED DUCK, in 



GADWALL, 113 



EUROPEAN WIDGEON, 116 



WIDGEON, 118 



SPRIGTAIL . . . 122 



BLUE-WINGED TEAL 128 



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