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generally undertake long migrations, the range of the things 

 they have to accommodate themselves to is great, and the 

 effect of their labor is decidedly educative. 



As yet, from the great number of species of water fowl 

 man has really domesticated but two characteristic groups, the 

 species of geese and of ducks. Swans have been brought to 

 a state where they tolerate the presence of man, though they 





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rarely establish any really intimate relations with him. Some 

 other species, as, for instance, the grebe, have been taught to 

 dwell about the homes of man, accepting food from his hands. 

 It is likely that more of these water fowl would have come 

 into human associations were it not for the fact that they 

 are naturally migratory, and when, after a season of domes- 

 tication, they join a passing flock, they never return to the 

 place where they have been kept. 



The swan, like the peacock, has been bred for ornament 

 rather than for use. In fact, the bird has no other merit 



