CHAPTER XVII. 



WILDFOWL AND WILDFOWL SHOOTING. 



Value of Birds as Food Supplies for Travellers etc. The Term 

 "Wildfowl" in its Extended Sense. Migratory Flights of Birds. Long 

 Distance Migrants. Migrations of Aquatic Wildfowl. Birds and the 

 Habitations of Man. " The Fear of Man " among Birds. Wild 

 Duck on Inland Lochs. Storms at Sea and the Movements of 

 Aquatic Birds. Wild Swans. Wildfowl on Preserved Waters. Their 

 Knowledge that they are Never Shot at There. Wonderful Instances 

 of Tameness of Wild Duck. London Birds. Nocturnal Habits of 

 Wild Duck. A Thickly populated Country no Obstacle to the 

 Existence of Feathered Game. Wildfowl in India and China. 

 Cornfields and Wild Fowl. Aquatic Birds feeding by Night among 

 the Habitations of Man. Birds which follow Cultivation and Shun 

 the Wilderness. Depredations of Wood Pigeons. Their Wild and 

 Watchful Nature. Birds following the Plough. Rooks and Rook- 

 eries. The Rook as an Aristocratic Bird. Birds that Live in 

 Great Cities. The London Sparrow. The Indian Grey Crow. The 

 Myna-Bird of India. A Talking Myna-Bird. Storks upon the House- 

 tops. The Stork regarded as a Bird of Good Omen in Oriental Lands. 

 Kites. Turkey Buzzards. Why Birds take up their Abode with Man. 

 Song Birds. Dr. Livingstone upon Song Birds in Africa. The Swallow 

 as a Songster in the Sahara. Birds on the Nile. Birds in Arab Vil- 

 lages. Birds of Prey and Man. Hawks and Man. Birds entering 

 Inhabited Rooms. Birds of Prey, the Allies of the Sportsman in 

 Wild Countries. Shooting and Sport upon Forest Lakes and Rivers. 

 Birds of Prey as "Vermin." Mutual Destruction the Universal 

 Law among the Animal Creation. Man as a Beast of Prey. The 

 "Dream" of Universal Peace. Field Marshal Count Von Moltke 

 upon. Sir Samuel Baker upon Mutual Destruction in Animated 

 Nature. Man as the Destroyer General. The Bird sets him at 

 Defiance. Birds of Prey following Human Settlements. How Birds 

 of Prey Hunt. The Telescopic Sight of Vultures. Travellers watch- 

 ing the Sky. How far above the Horizon does the Ordinary 

 Observation of Man Extend? Vulture Hurrying to a Carcase. Arrival 

 of Successive Flights of these Birds. Sir Samuel Baker on Vultures 

 Floating in the Upper Atmosphere. Mr. Darwin on the Scent of 

 Vultures. Experiments with Condors. Experiments on the Scenting 

 Powers of Vultures. The Flight of the Condor. Birds Floating on 

 Motionless Pinions. Seagulls. Vultures. The Marabou Stork. The 



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