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herself again till she was fifty yards away: 
this manoeuvre she repeated all the while that 
we were there. “No common wild duck, 
that,’ said I, for the smaller size and different 
LIL: THE POCHARD (WILD DUCK), FEMALE (4-size). 
‘HAS A LIGHT-COLOURED BODY, DARK CHESTNUT 
HEAD, AND GOLD-RED EYES, WITH BREAST OF 
DEEP BLACK HUE.’ 
shape, the light coloured body, dark chest- 
nut head, gold-red eyes, and breast of deep 
black hue told me the difference at once. 
B.N. I 
