Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 305
A PAIR OF WOOD-DUCKS AND THEIR NESTING-PLACE—THE HOLLOW IN A TREE TRUNK.The wood-duck is the handsomest of our wild ducks, and one of the few which do not go far north to nest. 844 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [July, of eggs of the wood and the black ducks andmany others. The large eggs of… … A CANADA OR WILD GOOSE ON HER NEST ON AMUSKRATS HOUSE. the ducks, and, like ducks eggs, they are widestnear 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…
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