OF NORTH AMERICA. 95 
E. H. Forbush, State Ornithologist of 
Massachusetts, tells me that this bird is very 
good eating, if quickly cleaned. And it is 
probable that many of those birds, which are 
ordinarily not esteemed fit for food, if drawn 
as soon as killed, and soaked a little while in 
water, would be found very palatable. 
