DUCK. 



makes the nefi: on the fliore among the ftirubs. Its food is fmall 

 jhetts, eggs of fijhes, and particularly the larva of Gnats. Seen 

 in the neighbouring feas in winter. Swims well, even in the 

 moft rapid dreams ; and dives to admiration * : likewife flies 

 fwift, and to a great height : from thefe circumftanees is not 

 eafily taken. Our late navigators met with it at Aconalejhka f. 



Pretty frequent in the fmall rivulets of Hudfon's Bay, about 

 ninety miles inland : feldom in large rivers. Has a whittling 

 note. Lays ten or more white eggs, like thofe of the Pigeon, 

 on the grafs. The young brood fpeckled in a very pretty man- 

 ner. Migrates fouth in autumn. The name, in the Algonquin 

 language, is Powijlic oufoeep %. 



39- Brown Duck, Artt. Zool. N° 499. 



BROWN D. 



Description. [ENGTH fixteen inches. Bill large, thick at the bafe ; 



colour blueiih, with the tip black ; noftrils near the end : 



head and neck of a very pale brown : lower part of the laft, and 



breaft, the fame, edged with ruft-colour : wings cinereous grey : 



fpeculum blue, tipped with white : tail and legs duiky. 



Place. Inhabits Newfoundland. 



* The people of Kamtfcbatka take advantage of this : as they do not fly 

 off at the fight of mankind, they follow them clofely on the water; and, 

 when tired, without difficulty knock them on the head with clubs. — Hifi. 

 Kamtfcb. 



f Ellis's Narr. ii. p, 43. — Called there the Painted Duck. 



X Mr. E:achins. 



Anas 



