American Game Bird Shooting 
By GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL 
Describes the 
Ii a b i t s of 
woodcock, 
snipe, grouse, 
wild turkeys, 
quail and all 
upland game 
birds followed 
with dog and 
gun. Illustrat- 
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Louis Agassiz 
Fuertes and 
n u merous 
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man. $5^.00. 
The Trappers Guide 
By S. NEWHOUSE 
A manual of instructions for captur- 
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for curing their skins, with observations 
on the fur trade, hints on life in the 
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of traps, where and how to place them ; 
also hints on fur farming. Cloth. $2.00. 
Log Cabins and Cottages 
HOW TO BUILD AND FURNISH THEM. 
EIGHTH EDITION. BY WILLIAM S. WICKS. 
The most popular book 
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Everything from a 
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The Airedale 
By W. A. BRXFETTE 
I This 
instructive 
' and 
interesting 
work 
covers the 
history, 
breeding 
and train- 
ing of 
these use- 
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It is the 
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who desire 
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of general training, retrieving, swim- 
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laws of breeding, kennel management, 
preparation for and handling in the 
show ring, diseases and treatment 
and many hints and instructions of 
great value to breeders and owners. 
Price, in cartridge board covers, $1. 
Woodcraft 
By NESSMUK 
No better 
or more 
delightful 
book for 
the help 
and guid- 
ance of 
those who 
go into the 
wild for 
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recreation 
was ever 
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No one 
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same compass. Camp 
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Cloth, $1.50. 
THE FIRST OUTDOOR JOURNAL PUBLISHED IN AMERICA 
FOUNDERS OF THE AUDUBON SOCIETY 
PUBLISHED CONTINUOU.SLY SINCE 1873 
CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 1922 
PAGE 
CovEK BY P. Armstrong 
Roberts 
Ducks in Old Rice Fields 531 
By Boland Clark 
Tub Greatest Little 
Game Bird 534 
By H. H. Sheldon 
Trapping the Three 
River Zone 536 
By Raymond Thompson 
How TO Skin and Mount 
a Fish 538 
By Louis Rhead 
Fishing for Bass on 
Horseback 
By G. Horton Glover 
Natural History 
Editorial Comment .... 
Nessmuk's- Camp Fire. . . 
Letters, Questions and 
Answers 
Rabbit Shooting Guns 
and Loads 
By C. S. Landis 
An Airedale on Grouse 
By George H. Ely 
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American Duck Shooting bird grFnnIll 
No single gunner, however wide his experience, has himself 
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600 pages, .^8 portraits of fowl, 8 full-page plates, and many 
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V 
GUNCRAFT 
By WM. A. BRUETTE 
A modern trea- 
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5 
Modern Breaking 
By WILLIAM A. BRUETTE 
Probably 
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pointers, 
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Selection of Puppies, Naming !>=)gs. 
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