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fituations appears to be ouinelé. The reft of the 
plumage is very tich and beautiful. 
_ It inhabits Mexico, and fome of the Weft India 
iflands, In the fpring it goes as far north as New’ 
York, and breeds there. It builds its neftin 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 itis 
fixed to a reed to fmoke with. It is, like the olive-- 
branch, confidered as the pralieip of penis pongit 
4 the Indians. 
There is a Duck in China, very much like the 
Summer Duck; it is called the Mandarin Duck. 
“A mandarin in China, is a Soapitate,, or officer 
of ftate. — | 
The Meal 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 
' gufhes, of pith, and feathers: it is very large, and 
- generally built fo as to fleat upon the water a “ nong : 
the rufhes, 
- "The 
