CHAPTER XXIV. 



DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF DUCKS. 

 RED-HEADED DUCK, OR RED-HEAD. ANAS FEEINA« 



" Beyond a point, just opening to the view, 

 A fleet of Ducks collect their scatter'd crew ; 

 Part, soon alarm'd, with sudden splattering soar, 

 The rest, remaining, seek the further shore ; 

 There, 'cross a neck, conceal'd by sheltering vines, 

 Down the smooth tide I view their floating lines 

 With sudden glance the smoky vengeance pour, 

 And death and ruin spread along the shore." 



HABITS, DESCRIPTION, ETC. 



The Red-Head, second alone in delicacy of flavor to the 

 Canvass-Back, will now claim our attention. It frequents very 

 mucli the same grounds with the preceding variety, although 

 not so exclusively wedded to the waters of the Chesapeake but 

 that it can be found in other localities in considerable profusion, 

 even during the luxuriance of the Valisineria. The Red-Head, 

 Jike the Poachard, or Bald-Pate, feeds on the blades of the 

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