292 FEATHERED GAME 
over the Northern Hemisphere, and breeding 
throughout its range, this duck is an uncommon 
visitant in the eastern and coast waters of our 
continent north of South Carolina. Here is 
another case of discrimination against the New 
England gunner, for in our section it is even 
more rarely found. In a twenty years’ ac- 
quaintance with one of the best duck-shooting 
ponds of the New England States I have heard 
of only three Gadwalls being taken there, have 
seen but five birds which had been killed in this 
locality, and have never seen the bird in life 
in these waters. Its home is through the cen- 
tral and western portions of our country, from 
our prairies north to the Saskatchewan. 
It is a fine table bird, ranking well up at the 
head of the list. Not far removed from the 
mallard in kin, and of about the same size, the 
female somewhat resembles the female of that 
species in markings and dress. They come well 
to mallard decoys and often mix with mallards 
in flight and on the feeding grounds. The notes 
of the two are nearly identical. Both are shoal 
water feeders, seldom diving but getting their 
living along the banks and edges of the lakes 
or by ‘<tipping”’ in the shallows. 
