. Important American game birds; their ranges, habits and the hunting . winter, ranges over North and South America, but not to the Arctic Circle. It breedsfrom Alaska and southern Mackenzie to southern British Columbia, probably eastward across Canada,and from Ungava to Anticosti. It winters from southern California, Texas, Louisiana and Georgia,south to Patagonia. Non-breeding individuals have been seen throughout the year in Florida, Cali-fornia, Texas, the Bahamas, the Antilles and Argentina. It also reaches Bermuda. It is common over most of North America near water, but is rather rare on
. Important American game birds; their ranges, habits and the hunting . winter, ranges over North and South America, but not to the Arctic Circle. It breedsfrom Alaska and southern Mackenzie to southern British Columbia, probably eastward across Canada,and from Ungava to Anticosti. It winters from southern California, Texas, Louisiana and Georgia,south to Patagonia. Non-breeding individuals have been seen throughout the year in Florida, Cali-fornia, Texas, the Bahamas, the Antilles and Argentina. It also reaches Bermuda. It is common over most of North America near water, but is rather rare on the Pacific Coast, andin its fall migrations on the Atlantic Coast tends to cross the sea, rather than to follow the shore, exceptwhen driven in by storms. This habit and its scattering over the continent in its spring migrationhas saved it from extinction, and it is still numerous. If perpetually protected by the Federal regulationsin spring it will continue to exist in considerable numbers. It frequents the shores of tidal marshes 37 IMPORTANT-AMERICAN- GAME BIRDS. WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN See page 49and creeks as well as those of fresh-water ponds and rivers. In August when the ponds of the interiorhave been lowered by summer drought it may be seen wading along bared shores and bars. It is a noisy bird and a tell-tale, always on the alert. Its startled cry warns all the birds of themarsh, but if the gunner knows its habits and its calls it is not a difficult bird to decoy within gunning for shore birds a little hole in the beach sand, roofed or unroofed, covered or surroundedwith grass, seaweed or other vegetation and made to look natural is all that is required for a flat, bar or beach a watertight box sunk in the sand a foot or fifteen inches deep is a killing in the marsh a small skiff, painted green, may be so hidden in some ditch or drain in tallgrass as to make a good blind. The meadow pond-holes are sure spots for the yellow-legs, esp
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