January, 1920 
FOREST AND STREAM 
45 
A MANUAL OF WILD- 
FOWL SHOOTING 
(continued from page 14) 
The sportsman must move at just the 
right speed, the amount of rowing de- 
pending of course upon the speed with 
which the wind is drifting the boat. 
As the boat draws nearer, the ducks 
increase their speed until they are swim- 
ming their very fastest. The distance 
between pursuer and pursued is short- 
ened so very gradually that the ducks 
are not frightened into taking flight. 
The ducks cannot take flight by 
jumping with the wind, straight away 
from the boat, and they do not want to 
stop swimming and turn and jump 
against the wind toward the boat. So they 
keep on swimming their fastest while 
the hunter draws gradually in range. 
The ducks, realizing they cannot es- 
cape by swimming, are now thoroughly 
frightened. Sometimes they dive but 
not often under these conditions as they 
seem to want to keep the boat in sight. 
Finally their nerves can stand the 
strain no longer. They turn, jump into 
the wind and for a few brief seconds 
fly towards the boat as they are getting 
under headway. A moment later they 
swing off to the right and left and are 
rushing away down wind at great speed. 
The hunter cannot always get within 
range while the birds are still on the 
water. But those few seconds while 
they are flying toward the boat draw the 
birds within gun-shot and then the shoot- 
ing must be done. The more wind the 
more successful the plan. 
The sport is exciting, the shooting fast 
for the moments while the ducks are 
within range, and the shots from an un- 
steady boat are difficult as the birds are 
coming swiftly head on or rushing off to 
either side. I have had some good days 
hunting ducks in this manner, but have 
been more successful with the ruddies 
than with any other species. The larger 
ducks are often too wary to permit the 
approach of the boat. 
THE MASKED DUCK 
T he masked duck, length fourteen 
or fifteen inches, is related to the 
ruddyduck, but is only an acci- 
dental visitor within our boundaries. It 
flies swiftly like the ruddy and is also 
an expert diver, but does not go in as 
large flocks as its more common relative. 
Its flesh is good when the diet is right. 
Male: Head, excepting throat, black; 
throat, nape, neck, back and upper tail 
coverts dark cinnamon; lower back and 
rump brownish black; breast, dark cin- 
namon paling to reddish bjuff; wings, 
dark brown with white speculum; tail, 
dark brown; bill, bluish gray; legs and 
feet brown. 
Female: Crown black, rest of head 
buff ; stripe from bill through eye to 
occiput, and one from gape to occiput 
black; neck, brownish buff; upper parts 
black; wings, dark brown with white 
secplum; tail, dark brown; under parts 
ochraceous spotted on breast with black ; 
bill, legs and feet brown. Female smaller 
than male bird. 
A 'ext Article: Sea-ducks (continued) 
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