. Wilson's American ornithology : with notes by Jardine ; to which is added a synopsis of American birds, including those described by Bonaparte, Audubon, Nuttall, and Richardson . ame latitudes as in any otherquarters of the world; being met with in Peru, Chili, Cayenne,t| andthe coast of Brazil, as well as the various islands of the West found them in Jamaica, but particularly at the Bahama Islands,and that of Cuba, where they breed. When seen at a distance, they * In Zee Coow River. — Philosophical Transactions. Once plenty in the Isleof France. — Voyage to Mauritius, p. 66. t
. Wilson's American ornithology : with notes by Jardine ; to which is added a synopsis of American birds, including those described by Bonaparte, Audubon, Nuttall, and Richardson . ame latitudes as in any otherquarters of the world; being met with in Peru, Chili, Cayenne,t| andthe coast of Brazil, as well as the various islands of the West found them in Jamaica, but particularly at the Bahama Islands,and that of Cuba, where they breed. When seen at a distance, they * In Zee Coow River. — Philosophical Transactions. Once plenty in the Isleof France. — Voyage to Mauritius, p. 66. t About Valencia, in the Lake Albufere. — Dillons Travels, p. 374. X Russels Aleppo, p. 69. ^ Decouv. RiLss. ii. p. 24. II Dampiers Voy. i. p. 70. IT They never lay more than three, and seldom fewer. — Phil. Trans. ** Sometimes will lay the eggs on a projecting part of a low rock, if it be placedsufficiently convenient, so as to admit of the legs being placed one on each side. — LlNN-=EUS. ■ft Davies talks of the gunner disguising himself in an ox hide, and, by this means,getting within gunshot. — Hist. ofBarhadoes, p. 88.\\. Called there by the name of BLACK, OR SURF DUCK. 567 appear as a regiment of soldiers, being arranged alongside of oneanother, on the borders of the rivers, searching for food, which chieflyconsists of small fish,* or the eggs of them, and of water insects,which they search after by plunging in the bill and part of the head ;from time to time trampling with their feet to muddy the water, thattheir prey may be raised from the bottom. In feeding, are said totwist the neck in such a manner, that the upper part of the bill isapplied to the ground; f during this, one of them is said to stand sen-tinel, and the moment he sounds the alarm, the whole flock take bird, when at rest, stands on one leg, the other being drawn upclose to the body, with tlie head placed under the wing on that side ofthe body it stands on. The flesh of thes
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