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FOREST AND STREAM 
Feb. 3, 1912 
Are You A Gunner? 
Do you love to follow your good dog over the fields in search of quail or chickens, or to struggle 
through swamp or along thick grown hillside, expecting to hear the roar of the ruffed grouse or 
the twitter of the fall woodcock ? If so, you should have this new book, 
AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING 
By GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL 
(New—Just Published) 
This companion volume to “An* erican Duck Shooting” treats of the upland game which American 
sportsmen shoot over dogs—woodcock, snipe, all the quail, grouse and turkeys. 
The first part of the volume is devoted to a description of the various species and their habits—the 
way in which they live their lives. 
The second part of the book is devoted to upland shooting and treats of the methods by which all the 
upland birds are pursued and taken. The chapter “Aids to Shooting” describes the clothing, guns, 
and bads and dogs that the gunner may profitably use; while the last section of the book treats of the 
shooting of the future and the effort? to rear our native quail and grouse in domestication. 
The volume is illustrated by colored plates of ruffed grouse and quail, and 48 full page portraits of 
different game birds and hunting scenes, with a number of cuts in the text. 
Cloth. About S7S pages. Price $3.50, net. Postage 25 cents. 
This book is of inestimable value. It contains the genuine hunter- 
naturalist facts given in the most entertaining and interesting style. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., 127 Franklin St., NEW YORK CITY 
AMERICAN DUCK SHOOTING 
'Ey George Eird Grinnell 
A most complete work, dealing with every phase of the sport of duck 
shooting, thus forming a complete treatise on American ducks, geese and 
swans. It gives details of the natural history, habitat, and characteristics 
of every American species. 
Part I contains descriptions with plates of each species. 
Part II tells of every method of swan, goose and duck shooting practiced in 
North America—east and west, on Atlantic and Pacific and in the interior— 
and gives thrilling accounts of the splendid sport. 
Part III deals with the art of duck shooting, including guns and loading, the 
Chesapeake Bay retrieving dog, decoys, blinds and boats, and finally dis¬ 
cusses the causes of the decrease of wildfowl and tells what may be done to 
increase their numbers. 
It is most fully illustrated with 58 portraits of North American swans, geese 
and ducks, by Edwin Sheppard, with 8 full page plates, and with numerous 
vignettes m the text by Wilmot Townsend. 
Cloth, heavy laid paper, 58 illustrations, eight full-page plates, 627 pages. Postpaid, $3.50. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. 127 Franklin Street. NEW YORK 
