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River near Clinton, Iowa. When hunting with his brother 

 several were lost in this way, also a Ruddy Duck. The Mallard 

 was dislodged from its hold by Mr. Horsfall's brother, who 

 used an oar for the purpose. The water was about 5 feet deep. 

 The brother was acquainted with the trick and knew just what 

 to expect and how to get the bird, as he was an experienced 

 gunner. The bird was dead when it came to the surface, but 

 Mr. Horsfall is not positive that it was not entangled in the 

 grasses at the bottom. 



Mr. Blair Coursen, 1177 East 55th Street, Chicago, records 

 that a wounded Green-winged Teal dived when it hit the water 





Male. Female. 



BLUE- WINGED TEAL (Querquedula discors). 

 (From "Game Birds, Wild-Fowl and Shore Birds.") 

 This duck, when wounded, sometimes hides under water by clinging to vegetation. 



and was later found dead grasping grass tufts in its bill in 

 about 2 feet of water. Mr. A. M. Brooking, Inland, Nebraska, 

 says that he found a dead Blue-winged Teal clinging to reeds, 

 and on being further questioned writes as follows : 



I can give you one specific instance of this in October, 1918. I was 

 hunting in a lagoon. I shot a duck and it fell in an isolated bunch of 

 rushes. I did not go to get it at once, but waited perhaps ten minutes. 

 When I went to get the bird, it was not in sight. Upon search I found it 

 below water grasping the base of a rush with both feet. Its body was 

 in an upright position with its head stretched up, but its bill was several 

 inches under water. When I dislodged it, it came to the top of the water. 

 On one or two occasions I have found them with the bill sticking out 

 of the water enough to get air, and on being dislodged they would en- 

 deavor to swim away. 



