FULVOUS TREE DUCK 
178. Dendrocygna bicolor, 22 in. 
Form like that of the last, but with the head, neck, 
rump and underparts rusty, and with no white in the 
wings. The Fulvous Duck is much more abundant in 
the United States than the Black-bellied, and is casually 
found as far north as Kansas and Nevada, while it is 
regularly found in Texas and Louisiana, where it is 
known as the Long-legged Duck. Owing to the nature 
of its diet, which consists chiefly of grain, roots and 
water plants, the flesh of this bird is esteemed as an 
article of food, and many are killed for sueh. When 
wounded, they are said to be difficult to capture, owing 
to the speed at which they can run; they also swim 
and dive well. 
Nest.—Loeated in the hollow of a tree, the bottom of 
the cavity usually being lined with feathers. They lay 
from ten to fifteen pure white eggs, and as many as 
thirty-two have been found in one nest, but these were 
probably laid by two or more females; May. 
Range.—Texas and Louisiana, and north casually to 
Kansas and Nevada. Winters in Mexico. 
