ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



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FEEDING TIME, WII.D-FOWL POND. 



ducks are generally' very sliy. and rarely become 

 so tame as most others. 



Of all our guests this year the most interest- 

 ing are two female baldpates or American wid- 

 geon. These birds appeared on the Wild-Fowl 

 Pond in the fall of 1910, and seem sufficiently 

 contented to make it a permanent home. One 

 lias formed an alliance with a male of the close- 

 l_y-related European ^v^dgeon, and it would not 

 be surjjrising if she should forego the vicissi- 

 tudes of the vernal northward journey. 



The tameness of the wood duck and widgeon 



is most sur})rising while they are on the familiar 

 pond and visitors are on their accustomed side 

 of the guard-rail. These wild birds compete 

 for )iroffered morsels on more than equal terms 

 with the pinioned mallards, their full wings al- 

 lowing them to move with much greater rapidity 

 than their heavier rivals. But at the slightest 

 attempt at further familiarity they promptly 

 scuttle for the diminutive island, where over- 

 hanging bushes hide them from prying eyes. 



L. S. C. 



WORK OF THE HICKORY BARK BORER. 



