ILLUSTRATIONS xv 



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Author feeding young wild ducks 140 



Evans' method of rearing young wood ducks 141 



Duckhngs in fenced marsh, Evans' Game Farm .... 141 



Female lesser scaup duck fluttering from nest .... 144 



Gadwall flushing from nest in prairie grass 144 



Nest of canvasback, seldom seen by white men .... 145 



Nest of lesser scaup duck ten feet back from shore . . . 145 



Young canvasbacks, about two weeks old 148 



Young canvasbacks, well grown 148 



Young redheads, Manitoba expedition 149 



Brood of young gadwalls . . 149 



Young shovellers or spoonbills 156 



Young pintails . 156 



Young white-winged scoter or "sea-coot" 157 



Young golden-eyes or "whistlers" 157 



Young ruddy duck . 160 



Pair of adult ruddy ducks near nest . 160 



Lesser scaups or " broadbills " under protection from shoot- 

 ing 161 



Wild geese on Evans' Game Farm 176 



Great flock of blue geese 177 



Brants in captivity ... 177 



Family party of domesticated Canada geese 180 



Canada goose incubating on Connecticut farm . . . . 180 



Swans at George D. Tilley's aviary 181 



Cranes at aviary of George D.Tilley 181 



Black swans nesting on Evans' Game Farm 188 



Young coots or " mud-hens ' ' raised from incubator . . . 188 



Mrs. Bath and her pet coots 189 



Flock of pintails on Louisiana marsh 196 



Black skimmers on Government reservation 197 



Breeding royal terns under protection 197 



Von Berlepsch-model nesting-box 204 



Suet basket in position 204 



Ware-model "swallow box "occupied by bluebirds . . . 205 



