WINGS OVER THE MARSHES: SHOOTING SKETCHES FROM AN OLD LOG BOOK. By Robert Erskine Ross.

1948 1st edition. 8vo (130 x 217mm). Pp152. B/w photographs. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt.

Principally American waterfowling, but the author also shot wildfowl in England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Egypt. Chapters include: Duckshooting - mallar, teal, canvasback, pintail, widgeon, bluebills, shovellers, redhead, bufflehead, shooting by moonlight, unusual duck; Decoys; Black brant; Snipe; Rail; Shorebird; Plover; Dove shooting; Quail shooting - valley quail, bob-white; Dominguez Lake; Wild pigeons; Pheasant shooting; The pollywog; An undecided bet; The art of wing shooting; Gastine-Renette's; Tir aux pigeons; Accidents in the field; London memories; Dartmoor; Rara avis; Notes; Glossary of sporting terms; The man who went back.