CHAPTER XXIX. 



DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF DUCKS. 

 RED-HEADED DUCK, OR RED-HEAD. ANAS FERINA. 



" Beyond a point, just opening to the view, 

 A fleet of ducks collect their scattered crew ; 

 Part, soon alarmed, with sudden splattering, so^, 

 The rest, remaining, seek the farther shore." 



HABITS, DESCRIPTION, ETC. 



HE red-head, second alone in delicacy of 



flavor to the canvas-back, will now claim 



our attention. It frequents very much 



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, like the 



poachard, or bald-pate, feeds on the blades of the water-celery, 



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