. Prairie and forest: a description of the game of North America, with personal adventures in their pursuit. Hunting; Game and game-birds. 272 PHAlUm AND FOREST. BLACK DUCK. The black duck is of all wild fowl, scarcely even except- ing geese and swans, the wildest and most diflScult to in- duce to come within gunshot. All who have shot upon the low sedgy shores of the Chesapeake Bay will confirm this assertion, for well and frequently must he remem- ber to have watched with anxious and impatient eye this dusky beauty wheeling, and wheeling in gradually con- tracting flights, toward the well-gu
. Prairie and forest: a description of the game of North America, with personal adventures in their pursuit. Hunting; Game and game-birds. 272 PHAlUm AND FOREST. BLACK DUCK. The black duck is of all wild fowl, scarcely even except- ing geese and swans, the wildest and most diflScult to in- duce to come within gunshot. All who have shot upon the low sedgy shores of the Chesapeake Bay will confirm this assertion, for well and frequently must he remem- ber to have watched with anxious and impatient eye this dusky beauty wheeling, and wheeling in gradually con- tracting flights, toward the well-guarded decoys, only to leave them in disgust before the impatient gunner was. BJUtCK DUCK. rewarded with a shot. Moreover, this species seems to be regarded by all others of its family as a most reliable advance-guard in whom to place confidence, for often have I seen both red-heads and canvas-backs retire precipitous- ly from the blind to which they were coming direct, when a black duck has been observed giving a wide berth to the decoys. Mr. Copper and Mr. Macready, both commanding vessels in the Maryland police force, than whom no better sports- men and duck shots are to be found, have often assured me that the black duck was the most difficult of all the water- fowl on the Chesapeake to kill; this I feel assured of from another circumstance than their wariness, for, being very. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gillmore, Parker. New York, Harper & Bros.
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