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have shot as many as seventy-five in a day." In this year also, 

 I heard the duckers of Stony Creek, Conn., talking about a duck 

 that had lately come among them in considerable numbers. The 

 little stranger proved to be our friend the Ruddy. It had been 

 occasionally met with in previous years, but not often enough 

 to create general interest. I was several times asked whether 

 it was good to eat or not, what its real name was, etc. 



