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CHAPTER XVI 



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Night AND Day Game Hunters 174 



Screech Owl; Baxred Owl; Short-eared Owl; Long- 

 eared Owl; Bam Owl; Osprey; Sparrow-hawk; Bald 

 Eagle and Golden Eagle; Red-shouldered Hawk; Red- 

 tailed Hawk; Cooper's Hawk and the Sharp-shinned 

 Hawk; Marsh Hawk; Turkey Vulture 



CHAPTER XVn 



Mourner, Maettb, Whistler AND Dkxjmmer . . 201 

 Mourning Dove; Passenger Pigeon; Bob-white; 

 Rujffed Groxise 



CHAPTER XVm 



Birds of the Shore and Marshes . "7 7 "^ . ~ . 213 

 Killdeer; Semi-palmated or Ring-necked Plover; Least 

 Sandpiper; Spotted Sandpiper; Woodcock; Sora and 

 Clapper Rails; Coot; Great Blue Heron; Little Green 

 Heron; Bittern 



CHAPTER XIX 



The Fastest Flters, Swimmers, AND Divers . . 235 

 Canada Goose; Wild Ducks; Shoveler; Pintail; Herring 

 Gull; Loon 



Color Keiy. 251 



Index ......... * 253 



