(1901) 1991 pbk reprint. Stackpole Books. Harrisburg, PA. Paperback. Ppviii,628. B/w illustrations. Mint.
Notes: With fifty-eight portraits of North American swans, geese and ducks by Edwin Sheppard and numerous vignettes in the text by Wilmot Townsend". Separate sections on each of fifty eight species of wildfowl. Many sections dealing with different aspects of wildfowling including stubble, marsh, ice and cornfield shooting, shooting from various types of skiff and punt. Deals with decoys as well as guns, ammunition and technique. Concludes with an essay on the need for conservation.
