. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . e warm cli-mates. Mr Pennant fays they are met with, wild,about lake Baikal, in Afia; Ray, that they are na-tives of Louifiana; Marcgrave, that they are metwith in Brazil; and BufFon, that they are foundin the overflowed favannas of Guiana, where theyfeed in the day-time upon the wild rice, whichgrows there in abundance, and return in the even-ing to the fea: he adds, they neflle on the trunksof rotten trees; and after the young are hatched,the mother takes them one after another by thebill and throws them into the water. It is faidth
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . e warm cli-mates. Mr Pennant fays they are met with, wild,about lake Baikal, in Afia; Ray, that they are na-tives of Louifiana; Marcgrave, that they are metwith in Brazil; and BufFon, that they are foundin the overflowed favannas of Guiana, where theyfeed in the day-time upon the wild rice, whichgrows there in abundance, and return in the even-ing to the fea: he adds, they neflle on the trunksof rotten trees; and after the young are hatched,the mother takes them one after another by thebill and throws them into the water. It is faidthat great numbers of the young brood are deftroy-ed by the alligators, which are common in thofeparts. Thefe birds have obtained the name ofMulk Duck, from their mulky fmell, which arifesfrom the liquor fecreted in the glands on the are a thriving and prolific fpecies, and theirflefli, which is high-flavoured, is by many verymuch eflieemed. They will aflbciate with the Com^mon Ducks; and infliances are not wanting of theirproducing a mixed Vol. II. t S s 32^ BRITISH BIRDS.
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