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The Cinnamon-teal is but rarely a visitor to Montana. It is found 

 nearer to the Pacific coast, where it is fairly abundant. 



The Coot or Mud Hen is quite abundant, and found in about all 

 of our duck waters. This bird is a fair article of game food, although 

 it is not so regarded by our sportsmen generally. We also have a fair 

 representation in the way of bay birds; the curlew, Wilson Snipe, com- 

 monly called the Jack Snipe, the Bartramian Sand Piper or Upland 

 Plover, Curlew Golden and Black Bellied Plover, both the greater and 

 smaller Yellowlegs, Avocets, as well as Sand-hill Crane. The game 

 laws give no protection to the Limacolae family. We advise a closed 

 season, corresponding to the duck season, as to these birds. 



The Brant is a salt water bird and rarely if ever is found in our 

 state, although the snow goose is sometimes erroneously called the 

 Brant. 



The presence of certain food plants in certain waters is undoubtedly 

 the cause that attracts the canvas-back duck to such places, and where 

 duck food abounds, other conditions being favorable, the ducks will 

 make such localities ideal ground for water-fowl, as the food surely 

 attracts the ducks. It would well be worth the while of the gun clubs 

 throughout the state to plant duck food, as it will attract both local and 

 nortliern ducks and make such places where duck food is plentiful 

 popular for water fowl and improve very much the fall shooting. We 

 recommend as desirable the following staple duck foods, to-wit: Wild 

 rice, wild celery, the favorite food of the canvas-back, pond weeds, the 

 Delta Duck potato, the wapata, the chufa, wild millet and the banana 

 water lily. It is believed that most, if not all these seeds and tubers 

 will thrive in Montana. 



