CONTENTS. IX 



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CHAPTER XXI. 

 THE GAME-DUCKS . 169 



CHAPTER XXII. 



MIDNIGHT ON THE OOZES A WINTER'S NIGHT IN A' GUNNIXG- 



PUNT 186 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

 BRENT GEESE 191 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



AMONG THE WILD GEESE A WINTER'S DAY IN A GUNNING- 

 PUNT 200 



CHAPTER XXV. 

 GREY GEESE , .206 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

 DIVING-DUCKS ,,,.,.,,., 214 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

 SEA-DUCKS . , 224 



CHAPTER XXVIII, 

 WADERS, DIVERS, AND OTHER FOWL , 233 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



SOME SPECIFIC OBSERVATIONS ON THE WADING BIRDS . . 243 



CHAPTER XXX, 



GREBES AND DIVEBS . . . . , , , 248 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



WlLDFOWLING IN MlLD WEATHER" BLANK DAYS " (iN JANUARY 



1886) . . . . . 251 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



WILDFOWL AND THE WEATHER IN MARCH 1886 . . . 258 



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