84 ENEMIES OF DUCKS. 
These birds are most destructive in catching their 
prey upon the ground, and kill many young water-fowl 
in the grass and in marshy places, especially northward. 
Aguila Chryse@tus—GOLDEN EAGLE. 
Accipiter Cooperi—CooPER’S HAWK. 
Accipiter Fuscus—SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. 
Accipiter. Atricapillus—AMERICAN GOSHAWK. 
Falco Columbarius—PIGEON HAWK. 
Falco Richardsoni—R1icHARDSON S MERLIN: 
Catch their prey upon the wing; the worst of all are 
Richardson, sharp shinned and goshawk. 
ANIMALS. 
Skunks, WEASELS, MinkKs, WOLves, Foxes, Mar- 
TENS, FisHERS:—Form the principal list of ani- 
mals which prey upon the ducks, especially when 
the birds are wounded or in a young or flapper 
state. 
FISHES. 
Biack Bass, PICKEREL, PIKE, MASCALONGE, GARS, 
DocFisH, TURTLES. 
