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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 110

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from some unknowncause. Skunk duck was one name by which itwas known to hunters along the coast, this be-cause of the black-and-white marking of thedrake; the female was a grayish bird with a largewhite patch on each wing. About thirty-fiveskins and mounted specimens exist in museums,but not a… … PASSENGI-:ii-rlGEON. cinnati Zoological Gardens. In the wild state thespecies has long been considered extinct. Thelast records of specimens taken are of two birds,one near Detroit, Michigan, and one at Canan-daigua Lake, New York, both, by a most remark-able coincidence, on the same day, September…

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