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insects to eat; they are called * summer ducks/ 

 too, because they stay here only in the summer." 



Ned said there are some ducks in England called 

 "burrow duck," because they often lay their eggs 

 in rabbit burrows. 



Canvas-back duck, the wild duck that is especi- 

 ally good to eat, was mentioned. These are usually 

 found near rivers, go in flocks, and are good divers. 



The eider duck was not forgotten, Miss Clare 

 telling the children of its home in the cold northland. 



"It has such lovely soft down that people like it 

 to put inside comfortables and pillows. The mother 

 bird takes this down from her breast to line her 

 nest and to cover over her eggs. Sometimes the 

 father bird helps her by plucking the down from 

 his breast also. 



"The eggs are good to eat, and the people in the 

 cold country are -glad to have them, as there are no 

 hens' eggs." 



For seat work the little folks made pretty pictures 

 by pasting white paper ducks on a blue background; 

 clay ducks were also made, as well as eggs, drinking 

 pans and dishes from this plaster material. 



Cardboard houses and coops decorated the sand 



