. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . oudest and prolonged. Female, a low note, like hir-r-r (Chapman).Range. — Northern part of eastern hemisphere. Occurs occasionally in winter and in migration from Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Greenla
. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . oudest and prolonged. Female, a low note, like hir-r-r (Chapman).Range. — Northern part of eastern hemisphere. Occurs occasionally in winter and in migration from Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Greenland south to Nebraska, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida; and in Alaska, British Columbia and California. European Widgeon is rated as a wanderer from theOld World. A statement that the bird has been taken here,made by Samuels and recorded by Dr. J. A. Allen,1 is prob-ably authentic, and an adult male was taken in MonponsettPond, near Halifax, Mass., October 20, There areseven records for New York State, and another bird, takenon Long Island, was apparently breeding. Mr. Foster Parkerstates that several more have been taken at Cayuga (Eaton).It is possible that many European Widgeons have been takenin this country, but have not been recognized as such, andwe may yet have to revise our ideas regarding their Fia. 5. —Axillars of Baldpate. Axillars of European Widgeon. Reduced. (After Phillips.) Mr. Outram Bangs has called attention to the fact thatthe axillars or long feathers under the wings of the Baldpateare while, while in llie European Widgeon these feathers « Proc. Essex Inst., 1864, p. 88. s Brewster, William: Auk, 1001, p. ;. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 85 always are gray. This character appears to be constant inboth sexes. Dr. John C. Phillips has published, in Forestand Stream, a drawing that shows at a glance the appearanceof the axillars in each species, drawn from adult male speci-mens. These are rep
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