224 DUCK SHOOTING. 



The masked duck is found in North America only 

 as a straggler, for it belongs in the tropics. It is a 

 common West Indian and South American species. It • 

 has been taken on Lake Champlain, in New York, in 

 Massachusetts, in Wisconsin, Texas and Mexico. It 

 does not appear to be anywhere an abundant species, as 

 is its near relative, the ruddy duck. We are told that it 

 does not seem to be at all at home on the land, and that 

 when it walks it is in some degree supported by its long, 

 stiff tail. Gunners should be on the watch for this 

 species. 



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