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of his son-in-law, Captain St. Clair, R.E., who killed 

 150 mallard in six days, the grand total for the season 

 eventually reached 786 head. Of late years Baron 

 Jaubert seems to have followed in Mr. Crawshay's 

 footsteps, for it is recorded that, in 1894, he bagged 

 70 mallard in three days, one shot accounting for 

 31 ducks; and again, in January and February, 1901, 

 eight days' sport resulted in a bag of 199 duck, 

 besides a few teal and a smew. 



Few men have better opportunities for studying 

 the migratory movements of wild-fowl than the coast 

 fowler. In his charming work on ' The Migration of 

 Birds,' Mr. Charles Dixon gives us an insight into the 

 mysteries surrounding this phenomenon. Speaking 

 of the migration flight he says : 



It varies a good deal. Some species habitually 

 migrate by day, and may frequently be watched on their 

 journey north or south, as the case may be, all the time 

 that the sun is above the horizon. The great majority 

 of birds, however, migrate by night, or if they do pass 

 by day, it is above the range of human vision. Many 

 species continue their flight along certain routes after 

 the sun has risen ; but, on the other hand, numbers prefer 

 to rest for the day, provided they are on land, wherever 

 they may chance to be, passing on again with the 

 recurrence of darkness. 



I have already briefly referred to the movements 



