. The young sportsman's manual : or, recreations in shooting ; with some account of the game found in the British Islands, and practical directions for the management of dog and gun . /, >>A, THE European dominions, may be thus enumerated :—First, the Mallard : the Dun-bird, or Packard, withthe head and neck of a bright bay: the Widgeon,with a bill of lead colour, and the back feathersmarked with narrow black and white wavy lines, andwell known by its whistling sound: the Black Duck,or Scoter, or Black Diver [Anas nigra) : the Bui-rough Duck, or Sheldrake: the Eider Duck (Arias
. The young sportsman's manual : or, recreations in shooting ; with some account of the game found in the British Islands, and practical directions for the management of dog and gun . /, >>A, THE European dominions, may be thus enumerated :—First, the Mallard : the Dun-bird, or Packard, withthe head and neck of a bright bay: the Widgeon,with a bill of lead colour, and the back feathersmarked with narrow black and white wavy lines, andwell known by its whistling sound: the Black Duck,or Scoter, or Black Diver [Anas nigra) : the Bui-rough Duck, or Sheldrake: the Eider Duck (Arias THE WILD DUCK. 297 riioUissima). Colonel Hawker says of this duck, The only three I ever heard of on the Hampshirecoast, appeared in a late severe winter; I stoppedthem all, though I got but one, as the other two beatme in a sea. The Ferruginous Duck (Anas rutila):the Golden Eye [Anas clayigula): the Grey Duck, orGadwall (Anas strepera) : the Longtailed Duck, or. THE SHELDRAKE, EURROTJGH DUCI Swallow-tailed Sheldrake (Anas glacialis): the Pin-tailed Duck, Winter Duck, Sea Pheasant, or Cracker(Anas acuta): the Scaup Duck (Anas marila): theShoveller, Kertlutock, or Broad-billed Duck (A^vxsclijpeata) : the Tufted Duck (Anas fuligula): theVelvet Duck, or Double Scoter (Anasfusca) : besidesother varieties. As these live much in the same manner as the t298 THE WILD DUCK. domestic ducks, we shall only briefly touch uponthem. They resort together in flocks during thewinter, and fly in pairs during the summer. Thevelvet ducks are seen more in summer than inwinter. Ducks nests are constructed easily, amongheath and rushes of their favourite localities, not farfrom the water; where they will lay twelve or four-teen eggs before they sit: the hen remains on themabout thirty days, when the birds burst forth to taketheir first tumble in the water. An old duck is oftena cunning bird, and will make her nest a considerabledistance from the w^ater for safety; sh
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