CONTENTS. 5 



CHAPTER XIX. 



DUSKY, OK BLACK DUCK. 



Black mallard in the West Description Seldom seen in West Size, 

 CHAPTER XX. 



AMERICAN COOT MUD HEN. 



A harmless nuisance Neither fit for sport nor food A verdict with- 

 out a trial Eaten sometimes How they taste Plenty in fall 

 Voracious feeders and incessant chatterers Skulking through the 

 rice stalks Their flight Drive them from decoys. 



CHAPTER XXI. 



BUFFLE-HEADED DUCK BUTTER BALL. 



Smallest of duck tribeSeldom hunted Swift flyers Their food. 

 CHAPTER XXII. 



RED-HEAD DUCK. 



Distinction between red-head and canvas-back Great feeders What 

 they like to eat In the timber A treacherous stream Delightful 

 shooting Decoys and how to use them Call them Best way to 

 capture a cripple Where they are found An evening in the Mis- 

 souri bottoms Between 70 and 80 in an hour Out of shells. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



SCIENCE OF SCULLING WILD FOWL. 



Trying to catch the motion Very discouraging " Swish-splash " 

 How to catch the motion Safety of scull-boat Advantage of 

 sculling Among the trees with common boat With scull-boat 

 After pin-tails and widgeon Sculling a mallard drake Going 

 down the marsh Descriptive marsh scenery An inquisitive pin- 

 tail Cost of inquisitiveness How to become a graduate iu wild 

 fowl shooting. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



PIN-TAIL SPRIG-TAIL. 



A handsome bird On some grassy knoll Wild and restless Crom^ 

 parison between male and female More plenty in spring Out in 

 the overflowed fields How tantalizing ! Just out of range A 

 desperate hunter At last he gets one down Such luck ! Lost and 

 found Decoy at times nicely Use mallard decoys Look sharp 1 

 ?*gh jumpers Whistle their call often How they descend verti* 

 Mlly Travellers. 



