EXPLANATION OF PLATE III 



MALE WOOD DUCK ON SHALLOW WATER. 



Sketch by Richard S. Meryman 



MALE WOOD DUCK IN A FOEEST POOL. 



Painted by Abbott H. Thayer, assisted by Richard S. Meryman 



The bird was painted from a stuffed specimen, and the 

 background copied, color-note for color-note, from the bird 

 himself. Cf. the backgrounds of the Rattlesnake, Figure 

 123 ; the Bird-of -Paradise, Plate VI ; and the Flamingoes. 



