. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions : or, The swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America ... . skan coast. In winter it goes south to the WestIndies and northern South America. The Blue-wingedTeal breeds in various portions of the eastern States ofthe Union, and also in the Mississippi \alley, and isone of the first of the great host of the Duck tribe toappear in the annual migration southward. This Teal nests on low land, usually near the water,amid reeds and high grass growing in such the center of a mass of rushes and coarse grass aquantity of
. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions : or, The swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America ... . skan coast. In winter it goes south to the WestIndies and northern South America. The Blue-wingedTeal breeds in various portions of the eastern States ofthe Union, and also in the Mississippi \alley, and isone of the first of the great host of the Duck tribe toappear in the annual migration southward. This Teal nests on low land, usually near the water,amid reeds and high grass growing in such the center of a mass of rushes and coarse grass aquantity of down and feathers is placed, and upon thissometimes as man\ as twelve white eggs are Duck is a lover of mild climates and soft airs, andis never seen when ice and snow abound, unless somesuch calamity as a severe frost has suddenly come uponthe southern land in which it is passing the in September the flocks gather in the northern partof the Lnion, preparatory to their departure on theirsouthern journey,while those which have passed the sum-mer north of our borders commence to appear within the. BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 129 United States. They come in large flocks, and frequentthe inland lakes and rivers, feeding upon insects andtender plants and grasses. Wherever the wild ricegrows, there, in autumn, are these Teal found, and theyscatter themselves throughout the matted growthof this plant, which frequently spreads over a largeportion of the bottoms of many of our westernlakes and rivers. Here the Teal are safe so longas they remain in the interior of the beds, fornothing of the earth or air can reach them asthey paddle about hidden in the deep recesses ofthe wild rice. They feed upon the ripened grainsthat fall upon the water, or dig them out of themud upon the bottom, and become exceedingly fat. Iknow no better bird for the table than a Blue-wingedTeal fattened upon wild rice. Many are killed bysportsmen stationing themselves just within the bor-ders of
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