. Short sketches of the wild sports & natural history of the highlands. Hunting; Natural history. WILD DUCK CHAPTER XVI Wild Ducks : Edible kinds of—Breeding-places of Mallards—Change of Plumage- Shooting — Feeding-places — Half- bred Wild Ducks — Anas glacialis — Anas clausula: Habits of—Teeth of Goosander—Cormorants—Anecdotes. A FEW years ago I used to see a great many scaup ducks in the pools and byrns near the coast, but now it is very seldom that I meet with a single bird of this kind ] the last which I killed here was in the month of July. This is one of the few ducks frequenting the
. Short sketches of the wild sports & natural history of the highlands. Hunting; Natural history. WILD DUCK CHAPTER XVI Wild Ducks : Edible kinds of—Breeding-places of Mallards—Change of Plumage- Shooting — Feeding-places — Half- bred Wild Ducks — Anas glacialis — Anas clausula: Habits of—Teeth of Goosander—Cormorants—Anecdotes. A FEW years ago I used to see a great many scaup ducks in the pools and byrns near the coast, but now it is very seldom that I meet with a single bird of this kind ] the last which I killed here was in the month of July. This is one of the few ducks frequenting the shore which has not a rank or fishy flavour: * out of the numerous varieties of birds of the duck kind, I can only enumerate four that are really good eating, namely, the common mallard, the widgeon, the teal, and the scaup duck. ' This opinion differs from that generally entertained, for the scaup is regarded by most persons as unfit for the 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 St. John, Charles William George, 1809-1856. London, John Murray
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