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feuations appeats to.be purple. The reft of the 
plumage is very rich and beautiful. 
It inhabits Mexico, and fome of the Weft India 
_ jlands. In the {pring it goes as far north as New 
York, and breeds there. It builds its neft in the 
hollows of trees, in the holes which have been 
made by Woodpeckers, and fometimes between 
the forks of the branches. When the young are 
hatched, the old Duck takes them on-her back to 
the water. The natives of Louifiana ufe their 
necks to ornament their pipes, or calumets of peace 
with. The calumet is made of a red ftone, into 
the form of the bowl of a tobacco-pipe, and it is 
‘fixed to a reed tofmoke with. It is, like the olive- 
branch, confidered as the emblem of peace amoneit 
the Indians. 
There is a Duck in China, very much like thé 
Summer Duck; it is called the Mandarin Duck. 
-Amandarin in China, is a magiftrate, or officer 
of ftate. , 
The Teal is another of the Duck kind. It , 
is frequently found in England in the winter: it 
flays in France all the year. Its neft is made of 
rufhes, of pith, and feathers: it is very large, and 
generally built fo as to float upon the water among 
the rufhes, 
The 
