4 CONTENTS. 



water— Floating down the Mississippi— On ice— Among them with 

 scull boat— Decoys in bayous— Kind of blind— On the alert— 

 Tenacious of life— Coming to decoys— A difficult bird to hit— Suc- 

 cess — ^A double. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



CANVAS-BACK DTTCK. 



An eastern duck— On the Chesapeake— How they are captured— A 

 rare bird in the west — In Illinois and Iowa— Pleasant memories — 

 Their velocity— How they alight— Drakes— Poor fellows.— Inquis- 

 itive— Distinction between canvas-back and red-head — A cripple 

 — " Good-bye "—Where and how to decoy them — Size of shot to 

 use. 



CHAPTER XV. 



GREElSf-WINGED TEAL. 



A hardy bird — Where found — Along the willows — Jumping them — 

 Whistling cries — Little russet bodies— The boy hunter— A pot shot 

 — In over-flowed bottoms. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



AMEBICAIT WIDGEON — ^BALD PATE. 



Habits similar to pin tails and mallards — Found in overflowed prai- 

 ries — More plenty in spring — Shy birds — Coaxed to decoys with 

 plaintive whistle — Not tenacious of life. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



GADWALL DtrCK — GEAT DUCK. 



Locally known as gray duck — Resort, inland ponds — ^Flight similar 

 to mallards — Often taken for mallard — Decoy to mallard decoys- 

 Found in great numbers in the south. 



CHAPTER XVm. 



QUAIL SHOOTING. 



Don and I — Coaxed away by a whistling quail — Description of habits 

 —A fond mother — Lively youngsters— A modest father— Raising 

 their brood — Where they roost and how — In winter — A tender- 

 hearted housewife — Bob White' — Frightened — Withhold scent — A 

 quiet field — A disconsolate lover— A coquette — Reunited — " When 

 once the young heart of a maiden is stolen"— Cannot be domesti- 

 cated — Migrating — Fly against buildings — Pleasures of hunting 

 them — "Jly setter ranges" — Hold well ahead — My inspiration — 

 Fond recollections. 



