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III ( ixs, (ii;i:si', AM) >\\ w^ oi' Nouiii A\ii:i;i('.\. 



.hliili fi iiiiilc : S|ii'ciiliiMi. |piir|ili' Imii-(|cti'i| «illi IiImcU mijiI wliilc; lii'inl. Iiniu ni-h Imll; 

 lii'lly. Iiiillr liniuii. ii«ii:jlly iiioll Inl : Ici'l. nnmi^i' n'll. 

 I.i'iiulli. -:i: \\inL;-, 1(1.. ".11: hill, J.-Jd. 



Till' Miilhiiil Duck occurs I'diiiiiKiiily tlirnu^lidul llic iKirflicni |iiiil of llic 

 .Niirtlicin llciiiis|ili('ic. || hiccds lar iioitliwunl. r.'iiiii'inii' in winter t(t llic 

 \\'('-l Indies iind ('entral .\inerieii. 'I'iie <'L;;is nre urf'nisli while, iVdiii seven 

 111 ten in nuiiilier. 'I'lie ne-t is usmdly pliieed (Hi tiie liround, ;iiid i.-^ ('(iiu- 

 pdsed (if ;:i'Mss lined with (h)\\n. 



'I'he .Mjiil.'ird i- known to cross wilii Vfirioiis s])('eies, some sixty or seventy 

 liyl)ii(|> li;i\iiiu' iieen recorded : tlie mod common ero"--es heinu' willi tlie I'iii- 

 tini, liiiick |)iick Mild NN'idiicim. 'I'lie leiiiidc may aiwiiy> lie disliniziiisiied 

 trom the I'dack l)uck liy the liroad wliite horder ol tlie >|)eciiliiin. 



Tile male >:iy-, " I )rake, drake, drake, drake," x'veral limes, in a liii-k\ 

 Voice, and alxi "' Sliwipe,"' low and liii'^ky like the IJIack Duck. The leinali 

 '■(|iiacks." I )i'ake> rarely ■' (|iiack." In mo-t >pecie> it i.- ii.-nally the lemalc 



ANAS OliSCLlRA ^//,</. 

 Black Duck. Dusky Duck. 



Ili'iiil :iiiil iicclc, ]i;ili' liidwii. liiiclv ili'llci 

 mill slii'iiUcil witli (lark hrnwri: In)! i>t tin 

 lii':i(l il.'ilkcr !li:il> till' I'liccK-: hi'Iici'mI plll- 

 iii:i:;'c'. ilailv lirouii: tcillici'-. I'll^ri'il will 

 pall' lull)': speculum, purple, edged with 

 black; liill, vrlldwisli ;:ri'i'M, wiili dark ii.iil. 

 Mil lilack al llii' liasc: IVi'i, oraiif^i' veil. will, 

 ilii-ky wi'li-: llii' ciiliir III' ihr fi'rl v.arics. 



l.i-M-ih. I'l : Willi:-. lii.7."i: liill. :i.lO: lai- 

 -II-. I.T.'i. 



It is not ini|ir()tiai)le thai there all 

 I wo widl-maiked races of this sjiecir-, 

 one lirini;' Iari!'er and heavier, Irc- 

 i|iieiitinu' salt water hays and la^'ooii>. 

 and ha\ iii!i' the leu> and leet oranjic red; ;ind fhe other, a somewhat smalli'! 

 Iiird, iiavinii' the le^^s and leet olive, and ii>iially tound ahoiit iresh-wal(>r lake- 

 and ponds. Some of the .Maine iiiinneis recoeni/.e liiis diirereiice. and cal 

 the larii'er bird the IIii(l>on'> r.ay I)iiek. The I'.lack Duck ranges throiiiili(Uii 

 e;isterii \(n'lh .Viiierica, from Illinois to the Atlantic coast, and from F.ialira(i(i! 

 and IIiid>oir> l?av to Cnlia and the .Vntillo. It is not iincoinmon in Floriil.i 



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 brow 

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