vo «THE NATURAL HISTORY 
The body i is fat, the fkin is tough, the feathers 
are. excellent, becaufe they are more ufeful than 
thofe of pie other order of birds; the flefh is — 
rather rank. | 
They feed in the water upon plants and fh, 
mer neft, in | many esis | is built upon the’ 7 
ground. © 
The mother feldom ribs the young. , 
In many inftances, meh: do not keep together 
in pairs. 3 
The Anas Genus, that i is to fays the Shoe. | 
 Geefe and Ducks have a denticulated bill ; thatis — 
a bill, the fides of which are toothed like a faw; but — 
the teeth are membranous, or likea fkin ; and sis , 
beak has a-nail-at-the-endy : ’ 
The beak of the Mergus, or Biouekn has a. 
nail, and itis denticulated; but the teeth are very | 
fharp and flender. © 
The Phaeton Genus, or rhe Tropic B Bird, haga 
cultrated bill like the Pics, but denticulated. . 
The Plotus, or Darter, has a lender bill denti+ : 
culated, | 
_ The Rhyncops, or: + Cut- Water, has a ee 2 
ee nik not denticulated, the upper mandible, the 2 
fhortett. 
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