. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ^â iil Si'KCiB3 XXIII. AXAS ALIiEOLA. DUCK. [Plate LXVII. Fig. 2, Male; Fig. 3, Female] SarceUe de la Louisiane, Bniss. vi., p. 401, pi. 41, fij;. 1.âLepefil Canard A i/rnsse l?te, Bi'ff. ix., p. 249.âKi>\v. pi. 100.âArct. Zool. No. 487.âCATEsnv, i., âL.\fii. i<yn. III., p. 533.* Tnis pretty little species, usually known by the name of tlio Butter- box, or Butter-hall, is common to the seashores, rivers and lakes of the United States, in every quarter of
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ^â iil Si'KCiB3 XXIII. AXAS ALIiEOLA. DUCK. [Plate LXVII. Fig. 2, Male; Fig. 3, Female] SarceUe de la Louisiane, Bniss. vi., p. 401, pi. 41, fij;. 1.âLepefil Canard A i/rnsse l?te, Bi'ff. ix., p. 249.âKi>\v. pi. 100.âArct. Zool. No. 487.âCATEsnv, i., âL.\fii. i<yn. III., p. 533.* Tnis pretty little species, usually known by the name of tlio Butter- box, or Butter-hall, is common to the seashores, rivers and lakes of the United States, in every quarter of the country, during autumn and winter. About the middle of April, or early in ^^ay, they retire to the north t^ breed. They arc dexterous divers, and fly with extraor- dinary velocity. So early as the latter part of February the males are observed to have violent disputes for the females; at this time they are more commonly seen in lloeks; but during the preceding part of winter they usually fly in pairs. Their note is a short quack. They feed much on shell fish, shrimps, &c. They are sometimes exceedingly fat; though their flesh is inferior to many others for the table. The male exceeds the female in size, and greatly in beauty of plumage. The Buff'el-hcathd Duck, or rather as it has originally been, the Buffaloc headed Duck, from the disproportionate size of its head, is fourteen inches long, ami twenty-three inches in extent; the bill is short, and of a light blue or leaden color ; the plumage of the head and half of the neck is thick, long and velvety, projecting greatly over the lower part of the neck ; this plumage on the forehead and nape is rich green, changing into a shining purple on the crown and sides of the neck ; from the eyes backward p.'isscs a broad ban<l of pure white; iris of the eye dark ; back, wings and part of the scapulars black *, rest of the scapulars, lateral band along the wing, and wlnde breast, snowy white ; belly, vent, and ta
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