The Brown Duck 



iNOTHEE species of duck 

 under the camera this year 

 has been the Brown Duck. 

 Of it one or two fairly 

 successful studies ha^'e been 

 got, the birds caught in characteristic 

 attitudes on half submerged logs in deep 

 shade. But although this tame little duck 

 is far from uncommon on the rvni, his 

 breeding habits are still quite unknown 

 to me. On several occasions I Jiave 

 chanced on their broods, but when they 

 nest and where they nest is still a mystery. 

 Often during the past season have McLean 

 and myself lain hidden at night about 

 their feeding grounds, and heard the ])irds 

 fly in to others already lurking there; we 

 have never yet, however, found the nests. 



The Brown Duck's flight is sti'ong and 

 rapid, yet these very birds, a few minutes 



