LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 

 PORTRAIT OF AUTHOR ..'... Frontispiece 



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MALLARDS IN AUGUST . . vi 



THE DUCKS' PARADISE MAP ...... 2 



YOUNG MALLARDS GOING TO FEEDING GROUNDS . . 10 

 A LAKE FULL OP DUCKS . . . . . . . .14 



BLUEBILLS SUNNING 16 



HATCHED IN CONNECTICUT . 16 



YOUNG MALLARDS ON A NEW JERSEY PRESERVE ... 24 



WALLACE EVANS* GAME FARM 30 



MALLARDS FLUSHED ON REARING GROUND .... 50 



INTERIOR HATCHING HOUSE 52 



YOUNG DUCKS INCUBATED BY ELECTRICITY IN NEW YORK . 56 



DINNER TIME 62 



AFTER DINNER YOUNG MALLARDS RETURNING TO LAKE . 66 



DUCKS AT LAKE WORTH 68 



PIN-TAIL EGGS 70 



WILD DUCKS IN CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK ... 70 



EGG-STEALING CROW - . . .80 



DECOY OWL .82 



GOOD BAG OF CROWS SHOT OVER A DECOY OWL ... 86 



A SCARE-FOX 88 



BLUEBILL SHOT AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY BONNYCASTLE DALE 98 

 GAMEKEEPER'S COTTAGE ON AN AMERICAN PRESERVE . .106 



A MARKET GUNNER . . . . . . . . 126 



WILD GEESE IN CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK . . . 134 



WOODCOCK . 146 



ENGLISH WILD FOWLER . . .... 156 



PIN-TAILS . 160 



