THE WILDFOWLER'S WORLD.

By NelsonBryant '46. Photographs by Hanson Carroll.New York: Winchester Press, 1973. 127 pp.$12.95.

Nelson Bryant and Hanson Carroll have collaborated to produce a grand diary of wild-fowling. They point out and give evidence to the fact that it is not the filling of the daily limit that draws duck hunters back again and again to the marsh or shore, but rather the companionship of men and dogs, the wind and waves - be they harsh or kind - and the memories of hunts gone by.

This is not a regional book. It will appeal to duck hunters everywhere, although it depicts best the rugged gunning along the Atlantic Coast. The visual and verbal images of December hunts on the tidal ledges of New England and the less hostile eastern seaboard to the south are magnificent.

Duck hunters and critics of their apparently contradictory manner of support of marsh reclamation, anti-pollution efforts, and strict interpretation, of hunting laws - all the while awaiting opening day and the first shot of the new season - will find some of these seeming inconsistencies explained by this well done book.

Winchester Press, the publisher, has added another to their excellent efforts in depicting the saga of American hunting, but it must be added that, in several instances, Hanson Carroll's fine work has not been reproduced in the manner it deserves.

When he isn't duck hunting, Dr. Dinan, a surgeon,lives with his dogs and family inFalmouth, Maine.