LONG-TAILED DUCK. 
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tliouc^h paying little or no attention to our double punt passing while he was engaged m diving over 
the Lnks. Small parties of from six or eight up to double that number are not unfrequently seen m 
this part. On a tine still morning in the last week in December 1883, when the sea was as smooth as 
glass, I noticed about a dozen in company with as many Eiders and some hundreds of Common and 
Velvet Scoters; so watchful, however, were the whole community that it was utterly impossible to 
approach within range. 
