Q.uerquedula discors . 
Curtis Meadow, Lake Umbagog, Maine. A tame Blue-winged Teal. 
1900. 
We (the Stones and I) had finished photographing and 
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were about to leave the pond when a Blue-winged Teal darted 
' past me about on a level with my head and so near that I in¬ 
stinctively struck at it with py paddle. It alighted in the 
water about 50 yards off and swimming to the shore climbed to 
the top of a mud lump where it sat dozing in the sun. I had 
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a Reflex Camera with me and putting in a plate holder I pad- 
died to a point opposite the bird and allowed the canoe to 
drift down towards it with the wind exposing both plates 
(both turned out to be light-struck and worthless) when I 
thought I was within good range. My best chance came a mo¬ 
ment later, however, wheri the bird, startled out of its slum¬ 
bers. by my near approach, began walking slowly along the 
smooth muddy shore with head and neck erect. Before it flew 
I was literally within ten feet of it.. 
