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ILLUSTRATIONS 



Striking the Decoys with a Great Splash 



AND Clatter ...... Frontispiece 



Thundered away to the Safety and Shelter 



OF THE Pines 30 



There he poised on Dark Broad Wings . 38 



There was a Low Quack that brought Every 



Duck out of his Hiding . . . .100 

 Hukweem's Curiosity could stand it no 



longer 108 



Uttering the Softest and most Musical of 



Whistles 150 



So they drove him down Stream and out of 



Sight 160 



He caught Sight of the Hawk just ready to 



POUNCE down on him I90 



The Little Fellows occasionally brought up 



Something to eat 206 



He had mastered the Trill perfectly . . 2y2 



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