. Birds of the water, wood & waste . ogether, as thoughflocked for the winter. Each of these four kinds of duck has itsown peculiar haunts and habits. The Blue Duck will be found in thedeep, cool gorges and rushing, boulderedstreams, and nowhere else. The BrownDuck breeds probably near the little blindcreeks that percolate rather than flowthrough the marsh lands. There during thedaytime he quietly rests, or if on largersheets of water, lurks until dusk in deepshadow and almost motionless. The Scaupseems to breed only on the lakes veryedge, during the winter months to con-gregate in gieat flock
. Birds of the water, wood & waste . ogether, as thoughflocked for the winter. Each of these four kinds of duck has itsown peculiar haunts and habits. The Blue Duck will be found in thedeep, cool gorges and rushing, boulderedstreams, and nowhere else. The BrownDuck breeds probably near the little blindcreeks that percolate rather than flowthrough the marsh lands. There during thedaytime he quietly rests, or if on largersheets of water, lurks until dusk in deepshadow and almost motionless. The Scaupseems to breed only on the lakes veryedge, during the winter months to con-gregate in gieat flocks, to lie in deep 40 BIRDS OF THE WATER water during the daytime, and under nocircumstances to visit the river beds. TheGrey Ducks nesting sites are more diffuse:by lake edge, river brim, and far fromwater, even not very rarely on trees theireggs may be discovered. During the daythey often rest on flat shore lands, orswim close along the raupo edge. No oneof these breeds interferes with the other,nor do theii nesting places Male and Female Brown Duck. The Kin^isher
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