DUCKS; ‘ 77 but take insects and molluscs on the surface, and their flesh is excellent.

The Green-winged Teal and the Blue-winged 'l‘eal are small Ducks that appear in large flocks during the spring and fall migrations.

Our most beautifully plumed water-fowl is the Wood Duck (Az'x spawn). It is a small-sized Duck, resplendent in black and white, and bril- liant coppery, purple, green, and chestnut. It is peculiar for nesting in holes in trees.

When the leaden skies of late fall days cast their sombre hues over our bays, if we approach quietly the sheltered side of an islet or head— land, sailing and diving actively with the Golden- eyes and Mergansers, we will see another small Duck, much resembling the first, but with a great puffed, black head, all brilliant with green and purple iridescence. This is the Buffle—head Duck, a purely northern species, that is here only in early winter and spring.

The Eider Duck is a large bird, two feet in length. The male, in breeding plumage, is white, with the under parts and rump black, and the head washed with green. The females are mottled brown. This is the bird which supplies the

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