. A Book of ornithology, for youth. Embracing descriptions of the most interesting and remarkable birds in all countries, with particular notices of American birds . Thus accoutred, he wades slowly into thewater, keeping his body under, and nothing but his headin the gourd above the surface; and in that manner moves imperceptibly towards the fowl, who suspect no last, however he fairly gets in among them; while THE TUFTED DUCK. 295 they, having- been long used to see gourds, take not theleast fright while the enemy is in the very midst of them,and an insidious enemy he is ; for ever
. A Book of ornithology, for youth. Embracing descriptions of the most interesting and remarkable birds in all countries, with particular notices of American birds . Thus accoutred, he wades slowly into thewater, keeping his body under, and nothing but his headin the gourd above the surface; and in that manner moves imperceptibly towards the fowl, who suspect no last, however he fairly gets in among them; while THE TUFTED DUCK. 295 they, having- been long used to see gourds, take not theleast fright while the enemy is in the very midst of them,and an insidious enemy he is ; for ever as he approaches afowl, he seizes it by the legs, and draws it in a jerk underwater. There he fastens it under his girdle, and goes tothe next, till he has thus loaded himself with as many ashe can carry away. When he has got this quantity, with-out ever attempting to disturb the rest of the fowls on thepool, he slowly moves off again ; and, in this manner, paysthe flock three or four visits in a day. Of all the variousartifices for catching fowl, this seems likely to be attend-ed with the greatest success, and is the most practised inChina. THE TUFTED This is a plump, round and short shaped bird. Themale is distinguished by a pendent crest, overhanging thenape of the nock, two inches in length. The head is black, 296 THE WOOD DUCK. glossed with purple ; the neck, breast and all the upperparts are of a deep brown or black; the under parts areof a pure white ; the wings are crossed by a narrow whitebar. The female is of a browner colour than the male,and has no crest. The habits, manners, and haunts of this species are muchthe same as those of the Golden Eye. THE GARGANEY,
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