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from its wounds, but con/inues very lame on one leg ; so 

 much, indeed, as to induce me to believe the thigh has been 

 permanently injured by a shot. This Duck has become 

 almost as tame as its companions — feeds freely on Indian 

 corn, and spends much of the day hunting for worms 

 and insects on an adjoining piece of grass. Its plumage 

 continues the same as when first captured, but there is a 

 fineness in the form of the head and neck, which par- 

 ticularly distinguishes it from the common duck — its habits, 

 too, are different. Unlike its companions, on approaching 

 the tub of water which stands in the yard, it springs, or 

 rather hops, from the ground, and stands on the edge with 

 ease to itself, dipping and washing while in that position — 

 it is also fond of getting into the tub when full of water, at 

 which times it becomes exceedingly lively. During the last 

 week five small eggs of a dirty white colour, certainly one 

 half the bulk of a common Duck's egg, have been brought 

 in from the yard; they are supposed to be from the " Salt- 

 Kettle Duck," its companions laying regularly at the same 

 time. This duck is also remarkable for never quacking like 

 the common kind, uttering a short squeaking note, and 

 sometimes clucking like the common hen. 



March Jth. — Mr. Wedderburn visited the Governor's 

 Marsh to-day with the view of endeavouring to obtain a 

 Turdus migratorius for Captain Drummond. Mr. Wed- 

 derburn met with five of these birds, close to the spot in 

 which he first discovered them on the 26th ultimo. They 

 were very tame, and a fine specimen having been obtained, 

 the remainder were not molested. 



, March $th. — Visited the Chief Justice's pond, Hungry 

 Bay, and all the ponds thence to Peniston's or Spittal 



