. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. &m s> \. when â y fre- lid to nil"" in times their veil as mccess e win- ,ell as etimes ca, the winter, [t is a â¢>nest WIDGEON. AXAS Char. Adult male: mantle white, marked with fine lines of dark grav; shoulders white, followed by bar of black; wing-patch green; longer wing-feathers and tail dark brown; head and neck chestnut, shad- ing to buflf on the forehead and to black on the
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. &m s> \. when â y fre- lid to nil"" in times their veil as mccess e win- ,ell as etimes ca, the winter, [t is a â¢>nest WIDGEON. AXAS Char. Adult male: mantle white, marked with fine lines of dark grav; shoulders white, followed by bar of black; wing-patch green; longer wing-feathers and tail dark brown; head and neck chestnut, shad- ing to buflf on the forehead and to black on the throat; breast gray, tinged with rufous and shading to white below, which extends across the belly; sides marked with fine lines of dark gray; under tail-coverts black; bill slate blue, tipped with black ; legs and feet dusky lead color. Soon after the mating season the male assumes i)hnnage similar to the female. Female: upper parts grayish brown,â the feathers with paler margins ; under parts white, the breast buflish brown ; under tail-coverts barred with brown ; wing-patch grayish brown. Length i8 inches. A'csL Concealed amid rank herbage or under a bush, on the margin of a lake ; a deep bowl made of sedges and lined with grass and down. E,i^i,^s. 7-12 (usually about 10) ; rich cream color or buff; average size X Though generally set down in the books as a bird of the Old World, the Widgeon has l)een known to occur on this western shore of the Atlantic much too often to be omitted from the pres- ent connection. The bird breeds on Iceland, and probably occurs regularly in Greenland, though in small numbers ; and every year > n ^ â ' JM 11. 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. Boston : Little, Brown
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