Sea and Bay Duck? 



they are fairly abundant, though often unsuspected. Numbers 

 of them find their way into large city markets every winter; 

 and especially in the Chesapeake region, or where wild celery 

 abounds, their flesh is tender and well flavored. Happily the 

 species is very prolific. Some authorities mention finding as many 

 as twenty yellowish white, rough eggs in the rude nests built by 

 the marshy lake or river side ; but ten are a good-sized clutch. 





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