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care not to do as the Italian once did with a hare, 

 that he bought and tied up, in order to win his wager 

 of shooting one blow off the string, and set the 

 game at liberty. I must, therefore, to be on the 

 safer side, recommend my young pupils to use either 

 a Newfoundland dog, a mute water spaniel, or an 

 old pointer that will keep close, and fetch dead birds. 



EIDER, ST. CUTHBERT'S, or GREAT BLACK AND WHITE DUCK. 

 Anas mollissima.'L'eider. 



* FERRUGINOUS DUCK. Anas rutilaNo French to be 



found for this. 



* GOLDEN-EYE DUCK. Anas clangulaLe garrot. 



* GRAY DUCK, or GADWALL. Anas strepera Le ckipeau. 



LONGTATLED DUCK, or SWALLOWTAILBD SHELDRAKE. Anas 

 glacialis Canard de miclon. 



* MORRILLON. Anas glaucionLe morillon. 



* PINTAILED DUCK, WINTER DUCK, SEA PHEASANT, or 



CRACKER. Anas acuta Le canard & longue queue. 



* SCAUP DUCK. Anas marila For this we have not the 



name by BufFon, though I am pretty sure I have seen scaup 

 ducks on the coast of Normandy, where, with the dunbirds, 

 they are collectively called les vignons. 



* SHOVELLER, KERTLUTOCK, or BROADBILLED DUCK. Anas 



clypeata Le souchet. 



Birds of this kind are more common in the fens of 

 Norfolk than in those other marshy parts of England 



