. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . - seem, during the winter of 1907-8 thewriter heard i:)f many such cases, and personallv fotmcl and examined of the stomachs contained nineteen shot, the other twent3-seven. The 766 THE MALLARD. walls of the sfdiiiacli wcri- fati-n awaw ami the larger inlesliiics were Sd hailhleailed as tn lia\e becunie nuirli et \\ar\ dl mir dueks, their lii\e fi irtheir (H-igiiud nesting place often brings them into onr \ery nii<lst. [-ew peoplerealize that almost every little po
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . - seem, during the winter of 1907-8 thewriter heard i:)f many such cases, and personallv fotmcl and examined of the stomachs contained nineteen shot, the other twent3-seven. The 766 THE MALLARD. walls of the sfdiiiacli wcri- fati-n awaw ami the larger inlesliiics were Sd hailhleailed as tn lia\e becunie nuirli et \\ar\ dl mir dueks, their lii\e fi irtheir (H-igiiud nesting place often brings them into onr \ery nii<lst. [-ew peoplerealize that almost every little ponil and marsh, e\en well inside the city limits,has at least one pair of these handsome ducks nesting in its immediate are seldom in e\idence, as at this season their natural caution is mostacute, and at the approach of a human being the\- instantly conceal themselvesin the nearest c()\ Talccit at Brook Lake. NKST AND EGGS OF TIIIv Ilioto bv the Autl-c By the first of Febrtuiry nearl\- all ha\e selected their ]>artners for thenesting season. The\- still tra\el in large companies, but \vatch a flock of themafter the}- have settled down in the open water. .At once they separate into]iairs, everv handsome (^ireen-head swimming in close attendance whereverhis niodesth- garbed mate shall lead. Should one of the pair be killed, theother will not mate again that seas(in,—this being true also of the entire Duckfamily. Nevertheless, the wisdom of our lawmakers permits ducks to be THE GADWALL. 767 killed until the ist of March, which is nothing more nor less than killing thegoose that laid the golden egg. The sportsman would be not one particlemore short-sighted if he were to go to the nesting grounds and kill the motherducks as they are hatching the eggs in the nests. West of the Cascades the nest is often built at a considerable distancefrom water, a nest fou
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