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LONG-TAILED DUCK. 
FULIGULA GLACIALIS, Bonar. 
PLATE CCCXII. Mate anp Femate 1n SummMER, Mate 1n WinTER, 
AND UNFLEDGED YOUNG. 
In the course of one of my rambles along the borders of a large 
fresh-water lake, near Bras-d’or in Labrador, on the 28th of July 1833, 
I was delighted by the sight of several young broods of this species of 
Duck, all carefully attended to by their anxious and watchful mothers. 
Not a male bird was on the lake, which was fully two miles distant from 
the sea, and I concluded that in this species, as in many others, the 
males abandon the females after incubation has commenced. I watched 
their motions a good while, searching at the same time for the nests, 
one of which I was not long in discovering. Although it was quite des- 
titute of anything bearing the appearance of life, it still contained the 
down which the mother had plucked from herself for the purpose of 
keeping her eggs warm. It was placed under an alder bush, among 
rank weeds, not more than eight or nine feet from the edge of the 
water, and was formed of rather coarse grass, with an upper layer of 
finer weeds, which were neatly arranged, while the down filled the 
bottom of the cavity, now apparently flattened by the long sitting of 
the bird. The number of young broods in sight induced me to search 
for more nests, and in about an hour I discovered six more, in one of 
which I was delighted to find two rotten eggs. They measured 2 inches 
and 3 long, by 1 broad, were of a uniform pale yellowish-green, and 
quite smooth. 
My young companions had, unfortunately for me, walked that 
morning to Blane Sablon, about thirty miles distant, down the Straits 
of Belle Isle ; and having no dog to assist me in procuring some of the 
young ducks, I was obliged to enact the part of one myself, although 
the thermometer that day was 45° 50’, and the atmosphere felt chilly. 
I gave chase to the younglings, which made for different parts of the 
shore, as I followed them up to my middle in the water, while they 
dived before me like so many Water-witches, the mothers keeping 
aloof, and sounding their notes of alarm and admonition. I was fortu- 
