DROP, _s._ A globule of moisture; as much liquor as falls at once when there is not a continual stream. DROPPER, _s._ A dog of irregular breed. A breed between a pointer and a setter. It is deemed by some to be a good cross, but I never saw one of them that was worth much. They are by sportsmen termed _droppers_, and, what is very remarkable, if they are tolerably good themselves their breed falls off wonderfully.—_Thornton._ DROVE, _s._ A body or number of cattle; a number of sheep driven; any collection of animals. DRUG, _s._ An ingredient used in physic, a medicinal simple; anything without worth or value, anything for which no purchaser can be found. DUB, _v. obs._ To form the body of a fly. DUCK, _s._ A water fowl, both wild and tame. _Vide_ ANAS. [Illustration] _Bimaculated Duck_—_Clucking Duck_.—(_Anas glocitans._)—Length twenty inches. Taken in a decoy in England. Has been met with along the Lena, and about the lake Baikal. Has a singular note, somewhat like clucking. _Long-tailed Duck or Swallow-tailed Sheldrake_—(_Anas Glacialis_, LINN.; _Canard de Miclon_, BUFF.) This species is considerably less than the last, and comes more nearly to the size of the widgeon. The flocks which visit the Orkney isles appear in October, and continue there till April; and “about sunset they are seen in vast companies going to and returning from the bays, in which they frequently pass the night, making such a noise, as in frosty weather may be heard some miles.” They are rather scarce in England, whither they come only in very hard winters, and even then but in small straggling parties. They fly swiftly, but seldom to a great distance, making a loud and singular cry. They are expert divers, and are supposed to live chiefly upon shell-fish. _Tufted Duck_—(_Anas Fuligula_, LINN.; _Le Petit Morillon_, BUFF.) This is a plump, round, and short shaped species. The male is distinguished by a pendent crest, overhanging the nape of the neck, two inches in length. The weight is about two pounds, length eighteen inches. The habits, manners, and haunts of this species are much the same as those of the Golden-eye, and they return northward about the same time.—_Vide_ GOLDEN-EYE—MORILLON—TEAL—VELVET DUCK, &c. * * * * * The male bird is called mallard, and the young ones flappers. To find a brood of these, go, about July, and hunt the rushes in the deepest and most retired parts of some brook or trout stream; where, if you spring the old duck, you may be pretty sure that the brood is not far off. When once found flappers are easily killed, as they attain their full growth before their wings are fledged; and for this reason, the sport is often more like hunting water rats than shooting birds. If you leave the brood after having disturbed them, the old bird will remove them to another place long before the following day.