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The Shoveller, Anas Clypeata, is rare in the United 

 States ; though they are found in Louisiana, Florida, and the 

 Carolinas, in winter ; but are abundant on the streams of the 

 Rocky Mountains and in Texas. 



The Gadwai.l, Anas Strepera, is also found, though rarely, 

 along the maritime districts of the States. In the interior, espe- 

 cially on the tributaries of the Ohio, Missouri, and Mississippi, 

 it is said to abound. It is of solitary habits, rarely congregating 

 in large bodies, and is therefore not generally known in the 

 United States. 



Of the Sea Ducks, the Golden-Eye, FuUgula Clanguluj 

 and the Buffel-Head, FuUgula Albeola, better known as the 

 " Whistler," and the " Butter-Ball," are at times found on the 

 fresh waters of the interior, but not in sufficient numbers to ren- 

 der it necessary to do more than name them, as it would be a 

 most liberal courtesy which should extend to them the style of 

 Upland game, which may be held to be completed with the 

 Duck last described. 



The list thus concluded, the nomenclature established on 

 fixed grounds, and the general habits and territorial limits of 

 every kind of Upland game being thus laid before the reader, 

 I shall proceed to treat, each in its several place and season, of 

 the Upland shooting of the Eastern and Middle United States, 

 and the Provinces, in all its various kinds and phases ; touching 

 upon each according to the date of its commencement in the 

 natural year. 



