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hollow tree, or on a limb that hangs over water ; 

 eggs, twelve or thirteen, of a yellowish-white 

 color. The Wood Duck is easily domesticated, 

 and becomes quite tame, breeding, and soon 

 acquiring all the habits of the common duck. 

 Head and crest, greenish-purple, with white lines; 

 throat, white ; breast, reddish-brown, marked 

 with white ; wings and back, green, with purple 

 reflections ; sides, ashy-gray ; abdomen, white ; 

 tail, purplish-green above, brown beneath ; the 

 whole plumage beautifully variegated with pur- 

 ple, green, chestnut, white, and ashy. 



Slid- Family FULIGULIN.E. The Sea Ducks. 



Fulix co liar is. The Ring-necked Duck. 



This duck is distinguished by a chestnut 

 collar around the middle of the neck. Color, 

 above, black ; beneath, white. Frequents the 

 Lower St. Lawrence in the fall. 



F. marila. The Scaup Duck, or Blue Bill. 



The Scaup Duck breeds in the north-west. 

 Visits Canada during the spring and autumn 

 migrations, in small flocks. Head, neck, shoul- 

 ders, back, and tail, black ; under parts, white ; 

 bill, blue ; legs plumbeous ; iris, yellow. 



