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The Game-Birds of the Coasts and Lakes of the Northern States of America

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The Game-Birds of the Coasts and Lakes of the Northern States of America

Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

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The marshes and shores of the north once darkened with clouds of wildfowl. Robert Roosevelt writes on the game-birds of the coasts and lakes, their protection, the guns that hunted them, and the craft of bay-snipe shooting. A vivid record of American wildfowling in its heyday. Take to the flats after the great flocks of the northern shores.

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72 chapters

  1. 1THE GAME-BIRDS OF THE COASTS AND LAKES OF THE NORTHERN STATES OF AMERICA.
  2. 2CONTENTS.
  3. 3THE GAME BIRDS OF THE NORTH.
  4. 4CHAPTER I. GAME AND ITS PROTECTION.
  5. 5CHAPTER II. GUNNERY—MUZZLE-LOADERS AND BREECH-LOADERS.
  6. 6TABLES OF THE FIELD TRIAL.
  7. 7TABLES OF THE FIELD TRIAL.
  8. 8CHAPTER III. BAY-SNIPE SHOOTING.
  9. 9CHAPTER IV. THE JERSEY COAST. “A Girl from New Jersey.”
  10. 10CHAPTER V. BAY-BIRDS.
  11. 11Plovers.
  12. 12Black-Breast.
  13. 13American Golden Plover.
  14. 14Beach-Bird.
  15. 15Kildeer.
  16. 16Sanderling.
  17. 17Turnstone.
  18. 18Brant-Bird.

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