THE BIRD BOOK 
Black Duck 
Florida Duck 
133. Black Duck. Anas rubripes. 
Range. — Eastern North America, breeding from 
the middle portions north to the Hudson Bay ter- 
ritory and Labrador. 
Throughout their breeding region, one or more 
pairs of these ducks nest in nearly every favorable 
locality. Their nests are placed on the ground 
in marshes, swamps or fields bordering a pond 
or lake, the nest being concealed in the long grass 
Pale greenish buff 
or reeds. They breed in equal abundance, either 
in the interior or along the sea coast; in the lat- 
ter case their nests are often placed beside of, or 
under an overhanging rock. It is made of weeds, 
grass and moss and is lined with feathers and 
down. They lay from six to twelve eggs during 
May and June; these are buff or greenish buff in 
color. Sba 2.30 x 1.70. Data. — Duck Is., Maine, 
June 3. 1893. Nest of grasses, concealed in a 
large tuft on water’s edge. 
134. Florida Duck. Anas f ulvigula fulvigula. 
Range. — Florida and the Gulf of the Mississippi. 
This is a similar, lighter colored, locally distributed race of the foregoing. 
The most noticeable difference in plumage between this and the Black Duck is 
the absence of markings on the chin. The habits are the same, and the eggs, 
which are deposited in April, are similar to those of the Black Duck, but 
smaller. Size 2.15 x 1.60. 
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