ORNAMEHTAL POULTRY. 



THE AMERICAN WOOD DUCK OR SUMMER DUCK. 



We have in this country many beautiful varieties of 

 wild ducks, some of which we know are capable of- do- 

 mestication, and more which have not been experimented 

 with. One of the former is the " Summer duck" of 

 Southern and the " Wood duck " of the Northern States. 

 Either name is appropriate, for it is the only duck which 



Fig. 92. AMERICAN WOOD DUCK. 



remains with us during breeding season, except now 

 and then a stray pair of Mallards, and perhaps a pair 

 of one or two other kinds are very rarely ceen ; and its 

 natural haunts are the deep quiet woods far from the 

 dwellings of men. The bird is rather rare in New Eng- 

 land, especially so in the Eastern part, more plenty in 

 New York, and abundant in Pennsylvania, and to the 

 westward and south, wherever a wooded country offers 



