18 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
are not fo called becaufe they come from Myf. 
covy, or Ruffia ; but becaufe of a mufky fel} 
which comes from them. Their eggs are of 
a greenifh colour: they lay more eggs, and fy 
oftener, than other Ducks. When wild, they 
make their nefts on the ftumps of old trees; ang 
perch, during the heat of the day, on the branches 
that are covered with leaves. ‘They are {uppofed 
to be natives of South America, 
There is a Duck, called the Scaup Duck, 
It inhabits the northern parts of Europe; it feeds _ 
on broken fhell-fifh. It is found too on the lake © 
Zirchnichew, in Carniola. Carniola belongs to 
Auftria; it is in Germany, and clofe to the ftate 
of Venice. It makes its neft in hollows, in the 
banks of the lake. ‘Thefe Ducks are killed by the 
inhabitants with clubs* they drive them out of 
thefe holes in the middle of the day, when the fun — 
fhines full upon them, and their eyes are fo 
dazzled, that they cannot fee; and fo they fuffer 
_ themfelves to be killed, or taken. 
The Shoveler, another kind of Duck, has 
a bill very broad at the end, and flattened very 
differently from any other of the Duck kind. It 
feeds chiefly on infects and flies, which it catches 
very cleverly as they fly over the waters and it 
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