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eastward Mallards and wild geese in corn- 

 fieldsEagle and ducksCurlews Noisiness 

 and curiosity Grass plover Skunks. . 76 



CHAPTER III. 



THE GROUSE OF THE NORTHERN CATTLE PLAINS. 



Rifle and shot-gun Sharp-tailed prairie fowl 

 Not often regularly pursued Killed for pot 

 Booming in spring Their young A day 

 after them with shot-gun in August At that 

 time easy to kill Change of habits in fall 

 Increased wariness Shooting in snow- 

 storm from edge of canyon Killing them 

 with rifle in early morning Trip after them 

 made by my brother and myself Sage-fowl 

 The grouse of the desert Habits Good 

 food Shooting them Jack-rabbit An ac- 

 count of a trip made by my brother, in Texas, 

 after wild turkey Shooting them from the 

 roostsCoursing them with greyhounds . 112 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE DEER OF THE RIVER BOTTOMS. 



The White-tail deer best known of American 

 large game The most difficult to extermi- 

 nate A buck killed in light snow about 

 Christmas-time The species very canny 

 Two " tame fawns" Habits of deer Pets- 

 Method of still-hunting the white-tail 

 Habits contrasted with those of antelope 



