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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
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ries, as well as in many of the intermediatedistricts. On the 10th of May, 1S33, I found it breeding along the marshyedges of inland pools, near the Bay of Fundy, and, on Whitehead Island inthe same bay, saw several young birds of the same species, which, althoughapparently not more than a week old, were extremely active both on landand in the water. On the 30th of April, 1837, my son discovered a nest onGalveston Island, in Texas. It was formed of grass and feathers, the eggseight in number, lying on the former, surrounded with the down and somefeathers of the bird, to the height of about three inches. The internaldiameter of the nest was about six inches, and its walls were nearly threein thickness. The female was sitting, but flew off in silence as he approached.The situation selected was a clump of tall slender grass, on a rather sandyridge, more than a hundred yards from the nearest water, but surrounded bypartially dried salt-marshes. On the same island, in the course of several
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CoOS DUSKY DUCK. 245 successive days, we saw many of these Ducks, which, by their actions,shewed that they also had nests. I may here state my belief, that the Gad-wall, Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal, Mallard, American Widgeon,and Spoon-billed Duck, all breed in that country, as I observed them therelate in May, when they were evidently paired. How far this fact mayharmonize with the theories of writers respecting the migration of birds ingeneral, is more than I can at present stop to consider. I have found theBlack Duck breeding on lakes near the Mississippi, as far up as its confluencewith the Ohio, as well as in Pennsylvania and New Jersey; and every oneacquainted with its habits will tell you, that it rears its young in all theEastern States intervening between that last mentioned and the St. Law-rence, and is of not less frequent occurrence along the margins of all ourgreat lakes. It is even found on the Columbia river, and on the streams ofthe Rocky Mountains; but as Dr. R

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