The red-head duck is found in greater or less numbers throughout North America, on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, breeding in high north- ern latitudes, and frequenting in winter the southern portions of the con- tinent as far as Mexico. The red-head is not common on the coasts of New England. During the winter months it abounds considerably al-ong the south shore of Long Island, and is extremely abundant from this point south, especially at Chesapeake Bay and Currituck. Its flesh is excellent and when it is enabled to feed on the well-known Vallisneria is almost fully equal in point of flavor to that of the canvas-back. The diet of the red-head is by preference vegetable, but in default of a sufficiency of food of this nature, they will, like other ducks, eat frogs, tadpoles, and various mollusks. In the West they feed largely on corn and wheat, which they glean from the fields, and on wild oats, the seed of the water- lily, and roots and leaves of other aquatic plants. THE TABLE. VARIETIES OF FISH TO BE FOUND IN THE MARKETS DURING THE DIFFERENT MONTHS. JANUARY. Live codfish \Gadus morrhua~\. Haddock \Melamogramus agle finus\. Cusk \Brosmius brosme\ ; this belongs to the cod family, and although very little known, is an excellent table fish. Hake \Phycis chuss\ ; this is another of the codfish family, but inferior to any of the other varieties. Halibut \Hypoglossus -vulgaris}. Small chicken halibut \Hypoglossus vul- garis}. Striped bass \Roccus lineatus}. Eels \_Arguilla vulgaris\. Lobsters \_Homarus Americanus\\ very scarce, and in poor condition. Fresh salmon \Oncorhynckus chouichd\ ; these salmon are caught in the Columbia River, Oregon, all the year round, and are shipped in refrigerator-cars, and received daily in the New York markets. Frozen salmon [Salmo salar\\ caught in the Restigouche River in July, and kept in freezers. Turbot \Platysomatichthys hippoglossoides\, coming from Newfoundland, are occa- sionally in market during this month. Frost-fish, sometimes called torn- cods \_Microgdus tomcod\. Frozen fresh mackerel [Scomber scombrus]. Frozen Spanish-mackerel [Scomber omarus], Pompano [Trachynotus caro- linus] ; a few occasionally in market, coming from Pensacola, Florida. Red-fish, or channel bass \Scioena ocellata], caught in Florida. Sheep's-head \Diplodus pobatocephahis\ from Florida. Grouper \Epinephelus moriq^, from Pensacola ; a very good fish for boiling, somewhat like the red- snapper, but the meat is of a finer grain. Red-snapper [Lutjanus Black- fordii\ has become a staple article in our markets during the winter. They weigh from two pounds upward, as much as twenty pounds each. It is good either boiled or baked, but most epicures prefer it baked. In selecting a fish, care should be taken not to buy one that weighs over eight pounds, as anything larger than that is apt to be tough and lacking in flavor. Shad [Clupea sopidisima], caught in the St. John's River, in Florida, are to be had nearly every day during this month. Frozen bluefish [Pomatomus saltatrix\, preserved by being kept in freezers since the pre- vious fall. Herring [Clup'ea harengus\ from Nova Scotia. Skate, or ray- fish [Plerroplatea maclura]. The demand for this fish increases every year. The American people begin to appreciate its many excellences.

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The red-head duck is found in greater or less numbers throughout North America, on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, breeding in high northern latitudes, and frequenting in winter the southern portions of the continent as far as Mexico. The red-head is not common on the coasts of New England. During the winter months it abounds considerably al-ong the south shore of Long Island, and is extremely abundant from this point south, especially at Chesapeake Bay and Currituck. Its flesh is excellent and when it is enabled to feed on the well-known Vallisneria is almost fully equal in point of flavor to that of the canvas-back. The diet of the red-head is by preference vegetable, but in default of a sufficiency of food of this nature, they will, like other ducks, eat frogs, tadpoles, and various mollusks. In the West they feed largely on corn and wheat, which they glean from the fields, and on wild oats, the seed of the waterlily, and roots and leaves of other aquatic plants. VARIETIES OF FISH TO BE FOUND IN THE MARKETS DURING THE DIFFERENT MONTHS. JANUARY. Live codfish \Gadus morrhua~\. Haddock \Melamogramus agle finus\. Cusk \Brosmius brosme\ ; this belongs to the cod family, and although very little known, is an excellent table fish. Hake \Phycis chuss\ ; this is another of the codfish family, but inferior to any of the other varieties. Halibut \Hypoglossus -vulgaris}. Small chicken halibut \Hypoglossus vulgaris}. Striped bass \Roccus lineatus}. Eels \_Arguilla vulgaris\. Lobsters \_Homarus Americanus\\ very scarce, and in poor condition. Fresh salmon \Oncorhynckus chouichd\ ; these salmon are caught in the Columbia River, Oregon, all the year round, and are shipped in refrigerator-cars, and received daily in the New York markets. Frozen salmon [Salmo salar\\ caught in the Restigouche River in July, and kept in freezers. Turbot \Platysomatichthys hippoglossoides\, coming from Newfoundland, are occasionally in market during this month. Frost-fish, sometimes called torncods \_Microgdus tomcod\. Frozen fresh mackerel [Scomber scombrus]. Frozen Spanish-mackerel [Scomber omarus], Pompano [Trachynotus carolinus] ; a few occasionally in market, coming from Pensacola, Florida. Red-fish, or channel bass \Scioena ocellata], caught in Florida. Sheep's-head \Diplodus probatocephalus\ from Florida. Grouper \Epinephelus morio\, from Pensacola ; a very good fish for boiling, somewhat like the redsnapper, but the meat is of a finer grain. Red-snapper [Lutjanus Blackfordii\ has become a staple article in our markets during the winter. They weigh from two pounds upward, as much as twenty pounds each. It is good either boiled or baked, but most epicures prefer it baked. In selecting a fish, care should be taken not to buy one that weighs over eight pounds, as anything larger than that is apt to be tough and lacking in flavor. Shad [Clupea sopidisima], caught in the St. John's River, in Florida, are to be had nearly every day during this month. Frozen bluefish [Pomatomus saltatrix\, preserved by being kept in freezers since the previous fall. Herring [Clup'ea harengus\ from Nova Scotia. Skate, or rayfish [Plerroplatea maclura]. The demand for this fish increases every year. The American people begin to appreciate its many excellences.

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