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Identifier: importantamerica00forb (find matches)
Title: Important American game birds; their ranges, habits and the hunting
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Forbush, Edward Howe, 1858-1929, comp E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Hunt, Lynn Bogue, illus
Subjects: Game and game-birds
Publisher: Wilmington, Del., E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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nvas-back is a hardy bird, and reaches the United States on its autumnal migration late inOctober or early in November. Many remain in the region of the Great Lakes until driven out byice. A few are found on or near the New England coast or on Long Island, but the great majoritymove to the southward. On the Atlantic coast, Chesapeake Bay, formerly the great feeding groundof the canvas-back, has been superseded largely by the shallow, broad waters of Currituck, Pamlico,Core, and Albemarle. This duck has learned much by constant persecution, and now is shy and sus-picious. Much of its time is spent in broad waters, far from shore, where it rests or feeds. On the feed-ing grounds, canvas-backs constantly dive and come up from the bottom with food in their bills. At morning and evening the flocks amuse themselves by trading or flying back and forth, highin air, beyond the reach of ordinary shot. They often come well to decoys, especially in dull or rainy 18 IMPORTANT -AMERICAN- GAME BIRDS
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WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE GREATER SNOW GOOSE CANADA GOOSE See page 24 See page 24 See page 26 IMPORTANT AMERICAN- GAME • BIRDS weather when the wind blows hard. Where they are shy a few live decoys, set ahead of the woodenblocks, should be used. Canvas-backs will stool to live black ducks or to live Canada geese, and anygunner who can imitate the note of a canvas-back will increase his chances for a shot. This is one ofthe swiftest of ducks, and in shooting at over-head or fast crossing birds the three following rules givenby Doctor Grinnell should be observed, (i) hold ahead! (2) hold farther ahead! (3) hold still fartherahead! Late in the season when sudden cold congeals the surface many canvas-backs may be taken,if one can get near a hole in the ice where they feed. When the ice first comes they are in good condi-tion, and are likely to keep in fair condition for a time because of their skill in diving, when non-diverslike the black duck will sit on the ice and starve. Marila marila. T

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