EXPLANATION OF PLATE HI 



MALE WOOD DUCK ON SHALLOW WATER. 



Sketch by Richard S. Meryman 



MALE WOOD DUCK IN A FOREST POOL. 



pointed by Abbo.tt H. Thayer, asslited by Richard 5. Meryman 



The bifd wag painted from a stuflfed specimen, and the 

 Bkckgliound copied, color-note for color-note, .from the bird 

 himgelf. Cf. the backgrotmds of the Ra.ttleBnake, Figtire 

 128; the Bird-of-Paradise, Plate VI; and the Flamingoee. 



