1908. Marblehead Pumping Station, Loring Ave., Salem, 
June 18, three males. 
1909. Highland Park, Salem, May 25. One male. 
1911. Highland Park, Salem, May 30. One Male. 
1912. Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, May 12. One bird. 
1915. Near Rye Field, Fay Estate, May 23. One bird. 
1918. Pratt’s Pines, Lynn Woods Park, June 21-30. 
Breeding birds. 
1919. Pratt’s Pines, May 21. One male. 
C. A. Clark. 
1918. Pratt’s Pines, Lynn Woods Park. June 18-19-20 
21-22-29, July 4. From one to three seen on 
each of these dates. Nest was found in the Fall. 
1919. Same Region, May 23-27, June 10-21-28, July 8-11. 
On June 28 saw three. The young birds were 
large enough to fly. 
W. D. Moon. 
OUR BLACK DUCKS. 
To begin with, there was a nest of long grass lined with 
downy feathers, on top of a large rock near the river. In 
this nest were twelve pale blue eggs. We took five of 
them home and placed them under a hen and two weeks 
later there was an addition to the farm in the form of five 
active dirty yellow balls. The moment these were hatched 
they rushed into a pan of water provided for the hen, 
much to the latter’s surprise. Like all wild things they 
were very strong. We had heard that, on account of lack 
of proper food, it was next to impossible to raise wild 
ducks from the egg. However, with the aid of our imagi¬ 
nation and a good deal of luck, we succeeded in discover- 
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