. The birds of Iona & Mull . lection of specimens, which he obtained himself when quartered inNorth America and other countries, he expressed a wish to take itto London to exhibit at the meeting of the Ibis So theillustrious dead was introduced to that assembly. I afterwardsbegged him to accept of it for his collection, and contentedmyself with a coloured portrait which I made. The Common Teal was the only other duck which he recognisedamong the great variety which India produces. But thoughshooting ducks is admirable sport, yet the economical plan is tohire a duckman, who swims after t
. The birds of Iona & Mull . lection of specimens, which he obtained himself when quartered inNorth America and other countries, he expressed a wish to take itto London to exhibit at the meeting of the Ibis So theillustrious dead was introduced to that assembly. I afterwardsbegged him to accept of it for his collection, and contentedmyself with a coloured portrait which I made. The Common Teal was the only other duck which he recognisedamong the great variety which India produces. But thoughshooting ducks is admirable sport, yet the economical plan is tohire a duckman, who swims after the ducks with a calabash, orearthen jar, having eye-holes, over his head, and catches them 1 British Ornithologists Union, under whose auspices The Ibis, a journal ofornithology, is published quarterly. This bird was exhibited at the meeting ofthe Zoological Society of London by Mr P. L. Sclater, and an account publishedin the P. Z. S. 1862, p. 103, and not to the members of the B. 0. U.—Ed. 176 THE BIRDS OF IONA AND
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