HOW TO REAR AND SHOOT
THEM

BY
CAPTAIN W. COAPE OATES
WITH 4 PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES FROM DRAWINGS
BY G.E. LODGE, AND 12 ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1905
All rights reserved


TO
MY WIFE


PREFACE

The main object of this book is to assist those who are anxious to rear wild ducks on economical lines. The Author is not without hope that the pages which it contains may even be of some use to old hands at the game.


CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
[I.]SELECTION OF STOCK AND THEIR HOME13
[II.]LAYING AND SITTING25
[III.]HATCHING AND REARING41
[IV.]SHOOTING61