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January, 1920 , 
THE SHOOTING OF 
THE RARA AVIS 
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happened twice that day. I had never 
seen it before, and I never have since. 
Presently a large, light-colored duck 
came up the shore, flying very swiftly 
and passed over the decoys going like an 
express train. Bringing the gun up be- 
hind him, I gave it a sharp swing ahead, 
and pulled the trigger, making a clean 
kill. The duck was going so fast that it 
“skipped” two or three times on strik- 
ing the water, similar to a thrown clam 
shell. When I brought the bird in, I found 
I had killed a fine drake canvas-back. It 
was the first one I had ever seen in the 
flesh, but I recognized it by the homely 
head, and the pure white canvas belt 
around its body. 
A S the day drew to a close, the wind 
was still blowing hard, and I no- 
ticed a number of ducks flying 
across the meadows to the Crab Pond. 
This promised well for some evening 
shooting, so taking up my decoys, I rowed 
around the shore, through the north en- 
trance into the pond, where I placed a 
few decoys out from the north bank, and 
covering my box awaited developments; 
but my luck seemed to have deserted me, 
and for a long time nothing came my 
way. When, Just as the last glimmer 
of daylight was fading in the gloom of 
night, a large flock of widgeons, whistling 
like a lot of school boys, came quarter- 
ing down wind over the decoys. They 
were flying very fast, and as I rose to 
shoot, I saw the head of the flock were 
going to bunch. Giving them a lead of 
at least a yard, I pulled the trigger, and 
had the satisfaction of seeing three of 
them drop like stones. At the report, the 
remainder of the flock flared up in the 
air, and one bird, in the center of them, 
shone for an instant, white against the 
blackness of the descending night. This 
bird I quickly covered, and as the thin 
stream of fire flashed from my second 
barrel, I saw the duck collapse, appar- 
ently dead in the air. 
The surface of the water, was as black 
as ink as I waded out, and I considered 
myself lucky, when I had found the first 
three birds killed. They were near the 
shore, but the last one fell farther out, 
and search as I might, I failed to find it. 
This bothered me, for I have always 
made it a point to gather everything 
shot down, if it were possible to do so. 
Placing the three ducks in the boat, I 
quickly gathered up my decoys. Then 
standing erect in the sneak box and 
spreading out my coat, while I steered 
with an oar in the other hand, the north- 
gest gale quickly carried me across the 
pond, and I struck the bank near the j 
southern outlet. This gave me an idea 
of the possible drift of the lost bird, and 
indicated where I might find it in the 
morning, unless it should strike the out- 
let and so drift down the bay. 
The other shooters were all in when I 
arrived at the house. A few had done 
better than I, still 1 had what would be 
called a splendid string in these days, 
and I felt well satisfied, until I would 
