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home — one of the few times that men are will- 

 ing to quarrel for the chance to toil for the com- 

 mon good. 



The Whistler's flesh is held in slight esteem 

 during the winter months when its diet is made 

 up of mussels and shellfish from the unfailing 

 larder of the sea, the last refuge of our ducks in 

 cold weather, but on the inland waters where 

 they are among the earliest visitors in the 

 spring, and during the brighter times of sum- 

 mer and early fall when a vegetable diet is af- 

 forded, they are more than passable for the ta- 

 ble. Indeed, at any time they are not so strong 

 in their flavor as their seafowl neighbors. 



How dull and monotonous these summer days 

 must be after their winter-long struggle to keep 

 their bodies from the soup-kettle and their skins 

 from the taxidermists' shelves! 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN GARROT. BAR- 

 ROW'S GOLDEN-EYE. 



(Clangula islandica.) 



A western relative of our typical bird, of 

 somewhat rare occurrence in the east. It dif- 

 fers a little from the common variety in its 



