Oy Baly Re Ds: 17 
fo the soe The Ducks are foon tired, and ; 
: | killed 5 
There is a Duck, called the Scoter, found: 
on the coaft of Scotland. On the bafe of the bill is. 
a red knob, with a yellow line in the middle; it 
feeds on {mall fhell-fith, and dives very deep. The 
Scoters are caught in nets, placed under water, — 
where thefe thell-fifh abound, They fly fo low, 
that their legs often touch the water. They 
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fwallow the fifh whole, and foon di get the fhells. 
7 he Velvet Duck is moftly black ; the bill is 
yellow, except at the bafe, where it is black, and 
has a black knob. The lower eye-lid, and a fpot. 
_in the wing, are white. It is common in fome 
parts of Siberia. In breeding time, the Velvet — 
_. Ducks go far inland, to Jay their eggs: the males 
then go away, the females ftay until the young are 
ready to fly. They are in great plenty at Ochotfka, 
in Siberia. Fifty or more of the natives go in boats, 
and furround the flock, and drive them as the tide “— 
flows up the river Ochotfka ; as foon as the water . 
- they vi upon them with clubs, and kill them. 
The Mufcovy Dice from the beak and round 
the eyes, is bare of feathers, and pimpled; itis — 
larger than the common Duck, ~Mutcovy Ducks — 
are 
