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ORDERS. Species. Specimens. 
Scansores. 3 3.<.o6- 556 MOWCANS: o.oo sucks haces 12. 18 
PiICiformes,.. oc ow 52- Woodpeckers ...... 6 12 
Passeriformes....... Thrushes, Sparrows and 
all perching birds... 334 1390 
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WILD-FOWL POND, 
Heretofore Called the Aquatic Miammals’ Pond. 
As the birds on this pond have been transferred from the 
Duck Aviary, the interest of this exhibit is of special char- 
acter, and greatly enjoyed by hosts of visitors. This is 
the nursery of the ducks and geese, where, in the tangle of 
long grass, briars and underbrush along the east side of the 
pond, the nests are built in early spring, the eggs are laid 
and patiently incubated. Finally the broods of ducklings 
are led to the water, to feed to repletion, throughout the 
summer, on the worms, bugs and insects so dear to the ap- 
petite of these amusing little fellows. 
Cope Lake is the especial province of the nesting pairs of 
Canada geese, and sometimes as many as eight golden-col- 
ored goslings are hatched in one nest on the small island. 
The Mallard Duck, (Anas boschas), is one of our finest 
swimming birds, the joy of the sportsman who finds it in 
its haunts, the delight of the epicure who finds it on the bill 
of fare. Sluggish indeed must be the blood which does not 
beat faster at the sight of a flock of wild Mallards, free in 
Nature, and ready to leap into the air and away at the 
slightest alarm. After the pintail and the wood duck, this 
is one of the handsomest ducks of North America, and also 
one of the finest for the table. Its range covers practically 
the whole of the western continent down to Panama, and 
even extends to the Azores, north Africa, and northern India. 
The drakes are readily recognized by the splendid irrides- 
cent green of the head. 
The Green-Winged Teal, (Nettion carolinensis), and Blue- 
Winged Teal, (Querquedula discors), are very delicate birds, 
and therefore rather difficult to maintain in captivity. A 
flock of each will be found in the Flying Cage. 
The Pintail Duck, (Dafila acuta), is specially commended 
to the notice of visitors because of its great beauty, both 
in color and form. Its colors form an exquisite harmony of 
