CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER 1. 



BBVEBIES. 



"I remember" — A dreamy youth — Amid Nature — ^Birds and flowers 

 — His first gun — Primitive accoutrements — Gentle Nell — The wood- 

 cock — Chagrin — Success — A dark shadow — A woodcock feeding- ' 

 Iioye of field sports — Pleasant memories. 



CHAPTER II. 



MAI-LAED DUCK. 



Migrations — Rate of speed — Springtime — Pin-oak ridges — A mate 

 chosen — Constancy — Beneath the forest trees — Connubial bliss-— 

 "Are you coming?" — Visitors — A contrast — Breeding places^-^ 

 Staying to spend the summer — Rushes and rice — Corn-fed mal' 

 lards. 



CHAPTER Iir. 



WOOD DUCK — SL'MMEE DUCK. 



Beautiful plumage — Svveet memories — In among the alder and maples 

 — Where they frequent — A happy pair — Their tiny brood — A bag 

 — A scramble — Contrast between male and female — Sunshine — In 

 a tree; a strange sight— A pastoral scene — A pretty bird — Rainbow 

 colors — A study — Their flight. 



CHAPTER IV. 



BLUB-TVINGED TEAL. 



In early fall — Where they frequent — Avoid open water — ^Easily de- 

 coyed — How they drop in, snipe-like — Their great speed — One hun- 

 dred and fifty miles an hour — Waiting for shot to catch up, possibly 

 — A slight blow kills them — ^Dainty eating. 



