THE TEAL. 



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scattered. Even birds of one family seldom keep 

 long together. The flight of the teal, when flushed, 

 it rarely high : it skims along the pool, and gives the 

 gunner a fair chance. It is no difficult matter to get 

 near, but you are apt to lose sight of him without a 

 close and sharp look out, as he often flies away alto- 

 gether. Colonel Hawker says, " Of all the prizes 

 that a wild fowl shooter could wish to meet with, a 

 flock of teal is the very first ; " and for that reason, 

 probably, it is becoming one of the rarest in the lottery 

 of WILD FOWL SHOOTING. 





