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Anas rubripes. 



Ran^e. — Eastern North America, breeding from 

 the middle portions north to the Hudson Bay ter- 

 ritory and Labrador. 



Throngliout their breeding region, one or more 

 pairs of these ducks nest in nearly every favorable 

 locality. Their nests are placed on the ground 

 in marshes, swafnpg or fields bordering a pond 

 or lake, the nest being concealed in the long grass 



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Black Duck 



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Pale greenish buff 



or reeds. They breed in equal abundance, either 

 in the interior or along the sea coast; in the lat- 

 ter ease their nests are often placed beside of, or 

 under an overhanging rock. It is made of vfeeds. 

 grass and moss and is lined with feathers and 

 down. They lay from six to twelve eggs during 

 May and June; these are buff or greenish buff in 

 color. Si'd 2.30 x 1.70. Data.— Duck Is., Maine, 

 June .3, 1S93. Nest of grasses, concealed in a 

 large tuft on water's edge. 



].?4'. Florida Duck. Anas juhngula fulvigula. 



Range. — Florida and the Guli of the Mississippi. 



This is a similar, lighter colored, locally distributed race of the foregoing. 

 The most noticeable difference in plumage between this and the Black Duck is 

 the absence of markings on the chin. The habits are the same, and the eggs, 

 which are deposited in April, are similar to those of the Black Duck, but 

 smaller. Size 2.15x1.60. 



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