. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE .MALLARD. 583 they can content themselves with a little six by eight puddle, when the whole world lies before them. While on the water the birds spend much time "tipping" for food. Heads under water and tails pointing skyward, they search the bottom for molluscs and crustaceans, or feed upon various kinds of aquatic plants, which choke sluggish streams or line the edges of ponds. When hunger is satisfied tliev frequently disport themselves upon the wat
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE .MALLARD. 583 they can content themselves with a little six by eight puddle, when the whole world lies before them. While on the water the birds spend much time "tipping" for food. Heads under water and tails pointing skyward, they search the bottom for molluscs and crustaceans, or feed upon various kinds of aquatic plants, which choke sluggish streams or line the edges of ponds. When hunger is satisfied tliev frequently disport themselves upon the water, diving, throwing water over their backs, and splashing about with great ado, much like boys in the old swimming hole. Nights, especially in thickly settled regions, are habitually spent feeding, either by dabbling, or in long forays to stubble-fields, and woods where acorns abound, so that much of the daytime is spent sleeping just on shore, with one leg drawn up and the head tucked comfortably under the wing. L'pon being surprised the Ducks rise with a great outcry, in which the female voice is recognized as being a little the loudest, and they make off with rapid strong wing-strokes, which can carry them, it is believed, a hundred miles an hour. It is diffi- cult, owing to the ex- treme caution displayed by the parent birds, to esti- mate the n u m b e r breeding at present in our state. Cer- tainly it bears no compari- s o n w i t li those to be observed fifty ag( 1:. near Sandusky. Photo by the Autho VIEW WKST FROM IMF. NKU LABORATORY, (Under the auspices of the Ohio State Univi years but as cer- tainly, Mallards do breed with us still, and in unexpected localities. A swift- winged female crossing a principal street in Oberlin on a June evening, gave me a momentary sense of the existence of an underworld, whose craft and cunning are hidden from the eyes of men. The Mallards mate in March or early April, the female depositing her eggs in som
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