. Birds that hunt and are hunted; . eck in passingthrough this land of liberty. This and other diving ducks thatwear thick feathered chest protectors may fall to the water,stunned by the sportsmans shot, but quickly revive, and escapeunder water; while the retriever, nonplussed by their disappear-ance, is blamed for his stupidity. One would imagine our ornithologists were writing cook-books, to read their accounts of this duck whose habits have beenlittle studied beyond its feeding grounds in the United life history is still incomplete, although its nesting habits aresupposed to be
. Birds that hunt and are hunted; . eck in passingthrough this land of liberty. This and other diving ducks thatwear thick feathered chest protectors may fall to the water,stunned by the sportsmans shot, but quickly revive, and escapeunder water; while the retriever, nonplussed by their disappear-ance, is blamed for his stupidity. One would imagine our ornithologists were writing cook-books, to read their accounts of this duck whose habits have beenlittle studied beyond its feeding grounds in the United life history is still incomplete, although its nesting habits aresupposed to be identical with those of the redhead, and its buffeggs are known to have a bluish tinge. It is in death that thecanvasback is glorified. Greater Scaup Duck (Aythyra marila nearctica) Called also: AMERICAN SCAUP; BROADBILL ; BLACK-HEAD ; BLUEBILL ; RAFT DUCK; FLOCKING FOWL ;SHUFFLER. Length— to 20 inches. Male—Black on upper parts, with greenish and purplish reflec-tions on head; lower back and about shoulders waved with 118. Sea and Bay Ducks black and white; under parts white, with black wavingbars on sides of body and near the tail; speculum, or wingmirror, white. Bill dull blue, broad, and heavy; dark, slate-colored feet. Female—A white space around base of bill, but other fore partsrusty, the rusty feathers edged with buff on the breast; backand shoulders dusky, and the sides dark grayish brown,finely marked with waving white lines; under parts andspeculum white. Range—North America at large; nesting inland, chiefly fromManitoba northward; winters from Long Island to SouthAmerica. Season—Common spring and autumn migrant, and winter resi-dent south of New England and the Great Lakes. If the number of popular names that get attached to a bird isan indication of mans intimacy with it, then the American scaupis among the most familiar game birds on the continent. It is stilla mooted question whether the word scaup refers to the brokenshell fish which this duck fee
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