THK FIRST BOOK ON PRACTICAL CONSERVATION OF 



GAME, WRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN FOR 



AMERICAN READERS 



OUR WILD FOWL 



AND WADERS 



A MANUAL ON THEIR CONSERVATION 

 By DWIGHT W. HUNTINGTON 



Editor of The Amateur Sportsman 

 Author of "Our Feathered Game," Etc. 



CONTAINS 24 REMARKABLE ILLUSTRATIONS 



An Epoch-Making Book. Appeals strongly to the Sportsman, 

 and to all interested in the conservation of our wild life. 



The author, a cheery optimist, asserts that America may 

 readily be made the Greatest Game-Producing Country in the 



World. Furthermore, he shows how this may be accom- 

 plished. 



Describes the breeding, migration and food habits of wild 

 fowl and how to preserve them for sport or profit ; methods of 

 handling them breeding wild or in captivity; their enemies 

 and how controlled ; methods of restoring them to natural 

 waters or introducing them on artificial waters; how to shoot 

 without causing them to desert; the preservation of wild 

 geese, woodcock, snipe, plover and other shore birds or 

 waders. 



REGULAR EDITION, $1.50; POSTAGE 10 CENTS 



Special Subscription Edition, limited to 500 copies, with por- 

 trait and signature of the author, $2.00; 

 postage 16 cents. Published by 



THE AMATEUR SPORTSMAN CO. 



18-20 East 42d Street 

 NEW YORK, N. Y. 



