LONG-TAILED DUCK OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 
This subjedt," concludes BufFon, " which 
appears to be a female, was caught at Hudson's 
Bay, and the other \vas killed in Newfound- 
land ; and, as the same species is recognized 
in the Havelda of the Icelanders, and of 
Wormiu3^ we may conclude that, like many 
others of the genus, it is an inhabitant of the 
remotest countries of the north. It occurs, 
'also, in tlie north-east of Asia ; for it is the 
Sawki of the Kamtschadales, which they also 
name Kiangitch, or Aangitch ; that is, the 
Deacon : because they find that this Duck 
sings like a Russian Deacon. So, it seems, 
that a Russian Deacon sings like a Duck!'* 
This Long-Tailed Duck breeds in the re- 
motest parts of the nortli ; and visits our shores 
only in the severest winters. 
