. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . i great have never seen it dive on seeing the flash of a gun; butwhen approached it always swims to the opposite part of thepond, and, AAhen the danger increases, flies off. On beingAvounded, it sometimes by diving makes its escape among thegrass, where it squats and remains concealed. It Avalks Avithease, and prettily, often making i
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . i great have never seen it dive on seeing the flash of a gun; butwhen approached it always swims to the opposite part of thepond, and, AAhen the danger increases, flies off. On beingAvounded, it sometimes by diving makes its escape among thegrass, where it squats and remains concealed. It Avalks Avithease, and prettily, often making incursions upon the land. 64 QUEHQUEDULA STREPERA. Avhen the ponds are not surrounded by trees, for the purposeof searching for food. It nibbles the tender shoots and bladesof grasses with apparent pleasure, and vvill feed on beech nuts,acorns, and seeds of all kinds of gramineae, as well as on tad-poles, small fishes, and leeches. After rain it alights in thecorn-fields, like the Mallard, and picks up the scattered grainsof maize. The common notes or cry of the female have aconsiderable resemblance to those of the female Mallard; butthe cry of the male is weaker, as in that species. 65 QUERQUEDULA ACUTA. PINTAIL TEAL. PINTAIL DUCK. WINTER
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