. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . female :upper parts grayish brown,browner on crest; patchon wing, throat, and bellywhite. Young: similar tofemale, but with little orno crest. Length : , wing , Distribution. — NorthAmerica from Alaska toCuba and Mexico, breed-ing throughout most of itsrange. j-i^ ,,, Nest. — In hollow trees,lined with grass, feathers, and down. Eggs: (> to 10, ivory white. The liooded merganser or saw-bill is widely distributed and oftenabundan
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . female :upper parts grayish brown,browner on crest; patchon wing, throat, and bellywhite. Young: similar tofemale, but with little orno crest. Length : , wing , Distribution. — NorthAmerica from Alaska toCuba and Mexico, breed-ing throughout most of itsrange. j-i^ ,,, Nest. — In hollow trees,lined with grass, feathers, and down. Eggs: (> to 10, ivory white. The liooded merganser or saw-bill is widely distributed and oftenabundant during migration, fn^iuently gathering in large flocks inthe rice lakes. It becomes very fat and its flesh rarely has any flavorof fish. In fall it is one of the last ducks to leave, lingering on tliehalf frozen lakes and streams of the northern states. A little flockmay now and then be found in open rapids, when all the still wateris covered with ice. Vernon B.\it-ey. GENUS ANAS. General Characters. — Bill flat, long, and slightly wider near end thantoward base ; wing with purple or green iridescent speculum occupying a. 48 DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS large space on secondaries ; head uncrested except for the slightly elon-gated green feathers of male mallards iu winter plumage. KEY TO SPECIES OF ANAS. 1. Head and neck iridescent green (winter male) . . boschas, p. Head and neck finely striped and specked with dusky. 2. Belly mottled gray and dusky (summer male, female, and young). boschas, p. 48. 2 . Belly mottled brown and dusky maculosa, p. 49. 132. Anas boschas Linn. Mallard. Male in winter and breediiigplumage.—Four of the black upper tail covertsrecurved ; head andneck, down to whitecollar, rich iridescentgreen ; chest darkchestnut brown; belly - -- „and sides gray ; wingwith iridescent violetgreen speculum bor-dered by black and white bars ; nmipand upper and lower tail coverts in summer plumage: like and immature: entire plum-
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