. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. appears seen in Seneca e Ohio, remote ;uroi)e it sre it is Juck, or :ime, are :he flash y timor- ; twiUght [lie after with the ^ Ducks, d Duck; s to have ts. The , insects, llower fur ississippi [itchcwan. e marshy ough the d rushes. 1 may be 11(1 buoy- trong and. yiff^^ PINTAIL. GRAY DUCK. .>^I^RIGT.\IL. I).\FII_A .ACUTA. Char. Male: back and flanks mottled gray; head and neck brown, shading to black on the na
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. appears seen in Seneca e Ohio, remote ;uroi)e it sre it is Juck, or :ime, are :he flash y timor- ; twiUght [lie after with the ^ Ducks, d Duck; s to have ts. The , insects, llower fur ississippi [itchcwan. e marshy ough the d rushes. 1 may be 11(1 buoy- trong and. yiff^^ PINTAIL. GRAY DUCK. .>^I^RIGT.\IL. I).\FII_A .ACUTA. Char. Male: back and flanks mottled gray; head and neck brown, shading to black on the nape ; wing-coverts buff; wing-patch, or " sikcu- luni," green, margined with black and white: tail black, the two central feathers much elongated; under parts white. â a line from the breast ex- tending up the sides of the neck: bill and legs slate gray. Length 26 to 30 inches. Female: upper parts mottled gray and brown, and lower parts gray and white; wing as in male, but of duller tints; tail with oblique bars. Length 21 to 23 inches. Nest. Usually at considerable distance from the water, but often very near ; always amid a tuft of tall grass, in a dry spot, â a deep, bowl-like structure of sedges, and lined with grass and down. â ^s^V-f- 7-10; P^le huffish green ; average size about X This elegant species is an inhabitant of the northern parts of both continents, leaving its remote natal regions as the winter advances, when it is seen pretty frrjuently in the markets of the United States, and is a game much esteemed for the ex- cellence of its flavor. According to Richardson, these birds fre- quent chiefly the clear lakes, and breed in the Barren Grounds, Mi M \ (.' n; If. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. B
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