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RUDUY DL'CK. 



Jviukly Duck wnulil i.'(iii(|ucr llie liean i>i' ilu- sportsman: tor when ap- 

 proaclu'd l)y tlie swift-urging punt, instead of llying at t;iir range and 

 inviting attacix, lie waits in niild-e_\ed curiositv until tlie s])orlsnian's ardor 

 is lost in slianie and admiration. His flesh, therefore, has been generously 

 \dted "lough" and "striny\": iiinl \ on must iinl slioot a ]\ndd\', ])lease! 



Taken in ifoiigljs Conniy, Fhoto by the Authors. 



NEST AND I-;r,GS OF THi; KUHDV DUCK. 



These ])irds are ehiefl\' characterized l.)y a certain janntiness of bear- 

 ing quite in keejiing witli their bewitching cliunkiness. 'J'liey ride the 

 water like corks, and tlieir tails are most frec|iiently cocked up, wren- 

 fashion. These saucv tails are composed of stift', spiny feathers having 

 sliafts denuded toward the tips, more or less, according to season, so 



