. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions : or, The swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America ... . s from. Maine to Texas, as well as inLabrador, where in summer it is very abundant. Thenest, placed upon the ground in the vicinity of water, isa compact structure of weeds and grass, lined with downand feathers, and the eggs are grayish white with a greentinge. Eight to ten is the usual complement. Of all our Water Fowl the Black Duck is one of themost cunning and suspicious. It also possesses a keensmell, and no matter how well one may be concealed ina carefully co
. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions : or, The swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America ... . s from. Maine to Texas, as well as inLabrador, where in summer it is very abundant. Thenest, placed upon the ground in the vicinity of water, isa compact structure of weeds and grass, lined with downand feathers, and the eggs are grayish white with a greentinge. Eight to ten is the usual complement. Of all our Water Fowl the Black Duck is one of themost cunning and suspicious. It also possesses a keensmell, and no matter how well one may be concealed ina carefully constructed blind, if the wind blows towardthe advancing bird, it will detect the sportsmans pres-ence and remove itself without delay from the dangerousneighborhood. Many a time have I watched one ormore of these wide-awake birds coming straight to mydecoys, apparently only intent upon joining the flock oftheir supposed brethren, and uttering as they came thatlow, soft quack, so indicative of confidence and pleasedsatisfaction, when suddenly, without any apparent rea-son, the birds would rise in the air and swerve off in an. {?
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