The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 43
ar the middle instead of near one end. Likemost birds which are killed in large numbers bysportsmen, wild ducks rear large families. A setof nine eggs, like that shown in the illustration,is about an average. A nest may have two lessor sometimes three less, but many sets of a dozenand often… … a canada ok wild (ioo^e on her nest on amuskrats house. ming lesson; they never need to be taught. Afterthat first hour in the nest they make the watertheir home. The rest of the summer is spent inswimming about with their parents. Doubtlessthey soon know every watery lane in their marshas well as…
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