. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions, or, The Swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America [microform] : with accounts of their habits, nesting, migrations, and dispersions, together with descriptions of the adults and young, and keys for the ready identification of the species : a book for the sportsman, and for those desirous of knowing how to distinguish these web-footed birds and to learn their ways in their native wilds. Waterfowl; Game and game-birds; Gibier d'eau; Gibier. [â I'? I'i O GADWALL. C SSENTIALLY a fresli-wal ⢠bird, this Duck, while met with j^
. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions, or, The Swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America [microform] : with accounts of their habits, nesting, migrations, and dispersions, together with descriptions of the adults and young, and keys for the ready identification of the species : a book for the sportsman, and for those desirous of knowing how to distinguish these web-footed birds and to learn their ways in their native wilds. Waterfowl; Game and game-birds; Gibier d'eau; Gibier. [â I'? I'i O GADWALL. C SSENTIALLY a fresli-wal ⢠bird, this Duck, while met with j^oiu'rally throii^lioiit North America, is no- where so abundant as are the Widgeon. Sprij^tails, Mal- lards, etc., with which it is accustomed to associate. It has a wide dispersion, and is found thr();hout botli the northern hemispiieres. In Xorth America it is known by various names, those most conuuonly employed being. Creek Duck, Speckle-Ik'lly, (Iray Duck, Welch Drake, (lerman Duck, (Iray Widgeon, and Canard Gris in Louisiana. It is a shy bird, retiring in disposition, keep- ing to the small creeks, borders of marshes, and fresh- water i)onds. It is a very swift flyer, and resembles very nuich the Widgeon when in the air, and dives with ecjual celerity and address. It hides among reeds and tall grasses and passes much of its time seeking its food close along the shores, where for the greater part of the time it is concealed by overhanging bushes or grasses. Gener- ally it goes in small ilocks, docs not readily come to de- coys, and when it does draw near them it is probably in the company of a small flock of Widgeon. The Gadwall breeds in the United States, as far south as Colorado and about the lakes at a liigh elevation, and in the Arctic re- gions east of the mountains. The nest, composed mainly of feathers and dry leaves, is usually placed in a marsh, and the eggs, of which the number ranges from eight to twelve, are a uniform cream color. When paddling about th
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