. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds, and wild fowl of America . ^easily, domesticated,but they will not thrive save where they can pass most of theirtime on the water. In such favorable situations for their modeof life, they will breed and live for years contented and happ3^Swans 7^0? excellence are the most beautiful, most elegant, mostgraceful, and most spotless of all Fowl. Their plumage is per-fectly white. The Cjgnus Americana is the species most commonly metwith. The other varieties are but seldom shot in these part
. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds, and wild fowl of America . ^easily, domesticated,but they will not thrive save where they can pass most of theirtime on the water. In such favorable situations for their modeof life, they will breed and live for years contented and happ3^Swans 7^0? excellence are the most beautiful, most elegant, mostgraceful, and most spotless of all Fowl. Their plumage is per-fectly white. The Cjgnus Americana is the species most commonly metwith. The other varieties are but seldom shot in these , as the rest of the Wild Fowl, retire to the fiir North inthe early Spring. We once, as before mentioned, had a fair shot at sixteen ofthose noble Birds without ruffling a single feather, and sincethat time have not had the good fortune even to see one, letalone shoot one. All our good fortune and high anticipationsof shooting-glory parted with us on that unfortunate
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