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AMAZING SPEED OF THE CANVASBACK Ah eastern veteran in the hunting field furnishes the New Yorlu Sun with a table which he believes by observation and experience to be correct as to the speed of the following birds: Feet. Average feet Birds. per second per second. Cahvasback ..........130 to.lGO .145 Teal .....120 to 140 130 Redhead 110 to 130 120 Canada geese 100 to 120 110 QitiHI 65 to 85 75 Ruffed grouse 00 to SO. 75 Mallard 55 to 90 75 Snipe 50 to 70 C5 This calculation gives the average speed per hour of the canvasbaek duck as nearly ninety-nine miles, and that or the slowest bird, the snipe, as 41.32 in lips per hour . ..:fVH.
