400 CITIZEN BIRD 



"You haven't given us any Duck tables, Uncle 

 Roy," said Dodo. 



" You cannot stop on this hot sand to write them 

 out; but I will remember to give them to you as soon 

 as we get back to the cabin." 



'' When shall we ever see these Ducks ? " sighed Dodo, 

 thinking of the long list there would be to write ; " be- 

 cause I can remember better when I see things than if 

 I only hear about them." 



" Do you realize that when you go back to the Farm, 

 it will be time for birds to begin their autumn journeys, 

 and that they will be passing by until the snow is on 

 the ground? Why may you not meet some of these 

 Ducks by the river, or see them swimming on the pond? 

 Or, if you are not so lucky, you must look for them in 

 markets and museums. Some of them are sitting in 

 my wonder room at this very minute." 



(These are the Duck tables that Dodo afterward wrote 

 in her book.) 



The Wood Duck 



Length eighteen or twenty inches. 



Male (the Drake, as the male of all Ducks is called) : upper 

 parts velvety black, shining with bronzy, purplish, greenish, and 

 violet tints. 



Under parts rich purplish-chestnut on the breast, which is 

 marked wdth chains of white spots like polka-dots ; belly white ; a 

 white band on each side of the breast in front of the wing ; the 

 sides further back tan color with fine wavy black lines, and still 

 further back distinctly banded crosswise w-ith black and white. 



Head beautifully crested and banded with white and the shining 

 dark colors of the back ; bill prettily tinted with pink, lake-red, and 

 black ; eyes red ; feet orange. 



Female and young : much more plainly dressed than the male, 

 but enough like him not to be mistaken. 



