APPENDIX 



THE following accounts of the distribution and mi- 

 gration of the wild ducks which are desirable as 

 food were written by Wells W. Cooke, an assistant of the 

 Biological Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture (pub- 

 lished as Bulletin No. 26.) The mergansers, scoters, 

 eiders, etc., are shot by gunners and sometimes eaten, 

 but they are not desirable as food and will not be bred 

 for sport or for profit. 



In his introduction Mr. Cooke says : "The economic 

 value and importance of the birds as food are very great. 

 The flesh not only is palatable and nutritious, but is so 

 different from that of domestic fowls as to form a most 

 welcome addition to the table of the rich and the poor/' 



Those who undertake to propagate the species which 

 thus far have not been successfully bred on game farms 

 and preserves can study the breeding range of the various 

 species to advantage. 



Ducks undoubtedly can be more easily reared in places 

 where they now occur, or where they nested formerly, 

 than in places remote from their habitat, but I have no 

 doubt the breeding range of many species can be much 

 extended by breeders and game preservers and that many 

 species which are not artificially reared may be success- 



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