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Aythya marila.
Fulig marila
Found a drake bird in Cambridge River to-day & shot it. It was near the entrance to the first large pond.
This scarp rises very easily for a sea duck churning the water almost instantly. It flits, however, usually near the surface.
It always flits & never dives unless wounded.
Oct. 26, 1883
Oct. 27. Struck our flock again (see other card) in the original spot at Great Island. They are now very shy. One boat was carefully