CONTENTS. XXV 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



PAGE 



Canvass-Back — Their high estimation — Beautiful appearance — Known only 

 in America — Description — Their average Weight — Natural History — Their 

 Food — Other Varieties of Ducks that keep company with them — The Can- 

 vass-Back at the South — Their shyness — Modes of taking them — Toling 

 Ducks — History of Toling — Boating Ducks ; how injurious — Netting Ducks 

 — Efforts of the Legislature to protect the Ducks — Dug-Outs — The Sur- 

 face Boat — Coffin Boat, or Battery — Description of this contrivauce — The 

 operation of the Battery — Incredible numbers killed by its use — The dan- 

 gers to be apprehended — Shooting oiF the Points — Holes in the Ice — Stool- 

 ing off the Points — The principal Points for Shooting on the Chesapeake 

 Bay — Carrol's Island — A shot at Swans — Art of Shooting Ducks — Flight 

 of Canvass-Backs — Some Instructions — To Shoot Ducks sitting, &c. &c. 252 



CHAPTER XXiy. 



Different Varieties of Ducks — Their Natural History — Description — li '• 

 — Nomenclature — How and where pursued, &c. &c. &c. — The Red lit 

 — Widgeon, or Bald Pate — IMallard, or Wild Drake — Scaup, or Black Ec:.'. 

 — Blue-winged Teal — Green-winged Teal — Buffalo-headed Duck, or Buc- 

 ter-ball — Dusky, or Black Duck — Pin-tail, or Sprig-tail — Summer, or 

 Wood Duck — Canada Goose — Snow Goose — Brant, or Brent — American 

 Swan 28'J 



CHAPTER XXY. 



American Hare, or Gray Rabbit — Description — Habits — General Character- 

 istics — A true Hare, and not a Rabbit — Their Food — Their Flesh — Hunt- 

 ing Hares — Domesticated — Their Cry — Enemies — Memoranda — Different 

 Varieties of Hares ........... 320 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



The Squirrel — Some Remarks — Varieties of Squirrels — Habits — Locality — 

 Their Nests — Very Prolific — Their Depredations — Very Provident — 

 Cleanly and nice — Their Activity and Strength — Audubon's Remarks — 

 Captivity — Their Cry — Quench their Thirst — Other Characteristics — Dur- 

 ing Winter — Breed twice — Cheek Pouches — Their Enemies — Squirrel 

 Shooting — Bai'king Squirrels — Their Flesh — The Migratory Gray Squirrel 

 — Dimensions — Locality — Habits — Their Abundance — Their Migrations — 

 Audubon's Remarks — Their Energy — Godman's Description of their IMi- 

 grations in Ohio — Porter's Account ' . 331 



