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other sex, which induces us to think 
that the young males resemble the adult 
females. 
This species, according to Temminck, 
is very abundant in Holland, resorting to 
the same places as the Common Wild Duck. 
Its food consists of fish, shell-fish, insects, 
and aquatic plants. The female makes its 
nest in meadows among rushes, and lays 
eight or nine eggs of a greenish ash-colour. 
In a note given by Wood in his Edition of 
Buffon, it is stated that " the Gadwalls 
pass the summer in Russia and Siberia, 
except in the eastern parts, and in Kamt- 
schatka. Mauduit received them from 
Louisiana. They differed in no respect 
from those of Europe. They make their 
appearance morning and evening, hiding 
themselves during the day in the rushes. 
Are fond of aquatic worms, and make 
their nests in hollow trees." 
On the approach of winter they leave 
the European and Siberian parts of Rus- 
sia, &c. and aided by the first strong north- 
east wind, make their appearance about 
the month of November, on the French, 
