168 AMERICAN GAME. 
With this bird, although there are numerous other 
smaller species, the list of these tribes may be held 
complete. 
From the commencement of the present month until 
late in the autumn, anywhere along the coasts and bays 
of the Northern and Middle States a bag may readily be 
filled to overflowing with these varieties by the aid of 
good decoys and skillful whistling, or of a skiff paddled 
by a cunning fowler; a gun of 8 to 10 pounds weight, of 
12 guage, with two oz. of No. 5 shot, and an equal 
measure of powder, will do the work. But when the 
work is done, comparatively the game is worthless, and 
the sport, as compared with upland shooting, scarcely 
worth the having. 
