. Zoology. Zoology. 218 zooLoor. Wiird to Scotland; it plucks it down from its breast, build- ing with it a large loose warm nest under low bushes on the sea-coast, where it lays three or four pale, dull green eggs. With it is associated the rare king eider {Sowateria specta- Mlis, Pig. 255, A). The canvas-back {F^iligida valUsneria) feeds, as its specific name implies, on the wild celery (Val- lisneria) on the middle Atlantic coast in winter, whence it derives its delicious flavor. The summer duck (Aix sponsa, Fig. 256) breeds in trees. The original source of our do- mestic duck is the mallar

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. Zoology. Zoology. 218 zooLoor. Wiird to Scotland; it plucks it down from its breast, build- ing with it a large loose warm nest under low bushes on the sea-coast, where it lays three or four pale, dull green eggs. With it is associated the rare king eider {Sowateria specta- Mlis, Pig. 255, A). The canvas-back {F^iligida valUsneria) feeds, as its specific name implies, on the wild celery (Val- lisneria) on the middle Atlantic coast in winter, whence it derives its delicious flavor. The summer duck (Aix sponsa, Fig. 256) breeds in trees. The original source of our do- mestic duck is the mallard, or Anas hoscltas. It is known. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905. N. Y. , Holt

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