A /\4y'S S/'ORT ON GRIND^TOXE ISf.AXD. 2^ 



me. He apparently came to the conclusion that they were 

 not of his own kind, for after looking around for a moment 

 he started away, passing almost directly over my box, into 

 which he nearly fell when I shot him. Vellowlegs (Toia)ius 

 iiiclauolcucus) w^ere very abundant, and I was amused to see 

 my friend kill five young birds of that species, one after 

 another, which allowed him to walk within shot of them. 



The marsh in which I had placed my "box" extended in 

 an unbroken line for nearly twelve miles, and is sheltered on 

 either side by sand-hills that rise from twenty to fifty feet in 

 height. Here the birds love to feed, especially on a stormy 

 day, as they are protected from the wind by the sand-hills, 

 and find plenty of food among the rich grass, and in the 

 large, shallow pocls of brackish water. 



Sandpipers in large fiocks were constantly passing and 

 repassing; in fact, I found the shooting here to have all the 

 pleasure of deep-sea fishing, in the uncertainty of what would 

 next be taken. 



I had just shot a fine specimen of the great Blue Heron 

 (Ardej herodias), when a fiock of Teal passed on one side of 

 me, while a fiock of about twenty Plover were passing on 



