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NELL KIMBERLY MC ELHONE. "I beg your pardon, my dear," said Mr. Flicker, "but you are quite mistaken. That is _not_ a tree stump." "Excuse me," said Mrs. Flicker gently, "but I still believe it is." BY NELL KIMBERLY MC CALHOUN I BEG YOUR PARDON MY DEAR SAID MISTER FLICKER BUT YOU ARE QUITE MISTAKEN THAT IS NOT A TREE STUMP EXCUSE ME SAID MISSUS FLICKER GENTLY BUT I STILL BELIEVE IT IS
 by its small size, blue wings, and narrow bill. Mr. Fred Mather, for many years superintendent of the State Fish Hatchery of Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, domesticated the mallard and black duck, bred wood ducks, green and blue-winged teal, pin-tails, and other wild fowl. He made a distinction between breeding and domestication. He does not believe that blue-winged teal can be domesticated as the mallard and black duck can, _i. e._, to be allowed their liberty to go and come like domestic ducks. The hind toe of this family of ducks is without a flap or lobe, and the front of the foot is furnished with transverse scales, which are the two features of these birds which have led scientists to separate them into a distinct sub-family. They do not dive for their food, but nibble at the aquatic plants they live among; or, with head immersed and tail in air, "probe the bottom of shallow waters for small mollusks, crustaceans, and roots of plants." The bill acts as a sieve. THE GRAY STUMP.  SECON ALL NATURE VOLUME SEVEN NUMBER ONE JANUARY NINETEEN HUNDRED THIS IS A LIBER OF OX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERRIVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BAILIENNE THE GRAY STUMP
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