«8 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
‘are not fo called becaufe they come from Mut. | 
CoVy, or Rufiia; but becaufe of a mufky- fmell 
which comes from them. Their eges are of 
a greenith colour : they lay more eggs, and fit — 
oftener, than other Ducks. When wild, they 
make their nefts on the ftumps of old trees; and 
perch, during the heat of the day, on the branches 
that are covered with leaves. They are fuppofed : 
to be natives of South America, 
There is a Duck, called the Scaup Duck.- 
It inhabits the northern parts of Europe ; 3 WC feeds. 
on broken fhell-fith. It is found too on the lake 
| Zirchnichew, in Carniola. Carniola belongs to 
— Auftrias it is in Germany, and clofe to the ftate. 
of Venice. 1t 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 fulter 
| themifelves to be killed, or taken. 
The hove: anther: kind of Br: his 
‘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 water ; and « . 
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