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land, this wary bird is still to be found in fair numbers. As a table 
bird it outranks the domestic turkey. 
WILD FOWL. 
Illinois with its great water courses flowing southward and its great 
lakes and bayous has always had a‘large number of ducks within its 
Canvas Back Duck. 
confines during the migratory season. At the north in the Fox Lake 
region, there is a large number of lakes that furnish abundant food for 
the flight birds. The Mississippi River and the Ilhnois River, both 
flowing to the South hold myriads of wild fowl in season. There is, 
not, of course, the great number of ducks to be found on these waters 
that there was many years ago, but there is still a good supply, and 
