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ALLAN BROOKS. 
The gadwal!, more commonly known in 
America as the grey duck, is a duck of 
wide distribution, being found over the 
whole of the Northern hemisphere. It is 
of rather Southerly breeding range and 
migrates far South in winter. Its distri- 
bution is irregular. It is abundant in some 
localities and scarce in others, seeming, as 
a general thing, to prefer inland to coast 
districts. 
Even in full plumage the drake is a 
quietly colored bird, and the female is of- 
ten mistaken for a mallard by careless 
sportsmen. In ali plumages it can be 
distinguished by the color of the wing, 
which has a large white patch on sec- 
ondaries, instead of the speculum or 
“beauty spot” of all other North American 
ducks of this genus. 
In habits as well as in appearance the 
gadwall seems intermediate between the 
mallard and the wigeon, and it is a close 
ally of the latter. When flushed it rises 
perpendicularly and the flight is rapid, the 
resemblance to a wigeon, when on the 
wing, being marked. The gadwall is a 
clean feeder and a first rate duck for the 
table. 
The bill in the adult male is black; in 
the female and young birds dull ochra- 
ceous orange, with the culmen_ dusky. 
The feet are ochraceous, with dusky webs, 
in both sexes; irides hazel. The young 
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in down are lighter colored 
other surface feeding duck I am 
ed with. 
than any 
acquaint- 
Lis DD DING, cEtAN AE nh@e 
EMMA S. CARLETON, IN CHICAGO JOURNAL. 
Some sage person has discovered, 
And has told in verses neat 
What a lot of cash ’twould save us 
If we didn’t have to eat. 
Let me add unto this wisdom, 
Though the thought may make you 
creep, R 
We could hoard up gold in bedclothes 
If we didn’t have to sleep. 
Furthermore, ‘tis borne upon me 
With a force I cannot balk 
That we'd save.a lot of leather 
If we didn’t have to walk. 
So of all the bills that vex us 
Just the biggest one, I guess, 
Would be spared for safe investment 
If we didn’t have to dress. 
Come to think the whole thing over, 
Free concurrence you will give 
That vast wealth would line our pockets 
If we didn’t have to live. 
—Chicago Journal. 

