cate colour of the fkin, which is whiter than moft kinds of 
poultry, but their flefh has generally a difagreeable fifliy 
flavour. 
From the number of thefe birds that refort to the falt-water 
inlets on our coafts during winter, it is moft probable that 
many leave us on the approach of fpring and retire northward 
to breed ; but that they do not all leave this country is certain, 
as in moft places to which they refort fome may be feen at 
all feafons of the year. 
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