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which have been overflowed, and from sucH places it 

 may be started in pairs, often giving good shooting. 

 Its flesh is highly esteemed. Some of the local names 

 used in South America and in Mexico are applied to it 

 by reason of its call-note. 



Mr. Xantus took a single specimen of this duck at 

 Fort Tejon, in Southern California, but this is the only 

 specimen known from that State. In Mexico and Cen- 

 tral America they are common. Dr. Merrill states that 

 these birds reach Fort Brown, Texas, from the South 

 in April. Most of them depart again in September or 

 October, but some stay until November. 



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