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Show common to Ow AtJantic coast. aml called the lmttcr-ho!\. the he ali: is "ide and shot·t, and, as '~ell as the legs, of N· tlal'k colour, and the flesh eXtl'cmely W<'11 Jlavourcd.ln fot'm it 1·rsrmhlcs the duckinumllard, although not mot•c than baH' the size of that bia·d. 1t generally rmJOrt~ to the gm - sy mm·shes, and fcrds on gt·ass seed~, as well as l'oots. 5. 'rllC black llnck is about the ~izo ol'thr bluc~winged teal: tlw colour of :1. dusky black; the IH't':t:'it mul hcUy somewhar lightct·, and of a dn ky l>l'own: the let.;s ~taml louhitutlinally with the bo·tly, and the bird when on sbot·c, stantls very <Wcct: the l<·gs aml feet aa·e of a clark hrown: it has four toe~ on each root, and a short one at the lwd: the long toes are in f1·ont, unconnceted with the web: the webs <U·c attache11 to each !:!ide of the sevcJ•al joints oft he toe, a1Hl divided uy several sine\YS at ca.dt join1, the wch assnnaing in the itatl'l'~ mediate part an ctipt.ieal foa·m: the IJeak is about two inches long, straight, ilutccl on the sides, a.nd tapering to a !,h:ll'J) point: the uppc1· chop is the lOII{.;l'SI, ~11Hl heal's on its ba c, at its junction with the head, a little conic protuberance oi' a cartilagt'nous substanc~e, being of a reddish ba·own at the JWint: the beak is of an ivory co lout·; the eye daa·k. 'L,hcsc ducks usually associate in lal'gc flocks, aa·c VCI'Y noisy, and have a sharp shrill whistle: they are fat and agl·ceably fla· vom·ed; feed principally on moss antl vegetable Jll'oductions of the water: tltey at·c not exclusively eonfincd to the water at all seasons, captain Lewis has noticed them on many part'l of the rivet·s Ohio a11u 1\rlississipJli. 6. 'l'he divers arc the same with those of the U nitcd States. 'l'hc smaller species have some white fcathct·s about the rump, with no perceptible tail, ami arc very acute antl quick in thcit• motion: the body is of a reddish l.n·ow11; the beah sh~l.l'J), and somewhat cut·ved, like that of the pheasant: the toes arc not connected, but webbed, like those of the black duck. 'l"hc Jaa·gcr species are about the size of the teal, aud can Jly a shot·t distance, which the smaller but seldom ~tttcmllt: they have a short tail; tl~cir colour is also a uniform Up the .lJiissom·i. brick t•ctltli sh ln·own: the lwak is sta·aight and pointct1: (ho feet are oftlw same fotm with the othct· sprcies: the legs rcmat ·k•thly thin antl1l:tt, one etl:.;c being in fa·ont. The food of both SJ)t'Cics is fi sh and llesh: thcia· flesh. is unfit for usc. 7. Tho IJJu ·-winged tc:s-1 is an cxccJient duck, and in aU respects the samo n_s those of tho U nited !:;tates. One of otu· lwntca·s killed a duck wlaieh appcaa·cd to be a male. It wa<; of a size less than the cluckinmall:u·d; 1he head. the neck as low a the m·ouJ•, the hac},, tail, allfl cnvcrt of the wings were all of a deep fiuc bhwk, with a slight mixture of pur~ pic about the h ea.d and neck: the belly and ba·e•tst al'e white: some long fcaO.tet·s which lie undet·ncath the wings, and cover the thigh s, were or a Jlalt' dove colour, with fine IJlack specks: the hu·ge leathers of the wings al'c of a dove colour: the lt•gs at•c <hu·k; llac feet arc composed of fOUl' toes, of whieh th•·cc arc in f1·ont conncctt:~d by a. web: the fourth is short and flat, and placed high on tho heel behind the lrg: the tail is composed of fourteen short pointetl feathers: the brak of this duck is rcmarl\abJy wide, and two inches in length: the UJlpcr chop cx<~ectls the under one, both in length and widlh. insomuch, that when the beak is clo~cd, the under chop is cntia·cly concealed by the uppcl': the tongue indenture on the margin of the chops, at'c like those of tho mallaa•d: the nosh·ils arc large, longitudinal, and connected: a nanow stl'ip of while gaa·nishes the base ofthc UJ,per chop: this is succeeded by a pale sky-IJiue colout·, occupying about an irwh; which again is succeeded IJy a tl'ansverse stt·ipo of wllifc, ami the cxtt·(~ mity is a fine IJlack: the eye is modcl·atcly hu·gc, the pupi I black, and of a fine orange colouJ•: the fcathca·s on the e~·own ol' the head art~ longm· than Ow so on the upper pa.l't of the neck anc.l othct· parls of the lacad, ,,·hich give it the apllCaa·ancc ol' IJcing Cl'CStcd. rl'hc lish, which we have had an oppol'tunity of seeing, ttl'c, tbc whale, porpoise, skait, flounder, salmon, red char, two !:!pCcies of salmon tl·out, lllOUill&Lin, or SllCeklcd trout, bottlenose, anchovy, and s turg~on. |