. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. DAFILA ACUTA : PINTAIL OR SPRIGTAIL DUCK. 307 the rank herbage about the borders of the pools, where their young were reared. The nest is commonly placed on the ground — in rare instances in the hollow of a tree, or some "stub" projecting from the water of a swamp. The eggs are creamy or pale buff-colored, smooth and elliptical, measuring two and one-third inches long by one and two-thirds of an inch in breadth ; they are laid in May and June, to the numb
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. DAFILA ACUTA : PINTAIL OR SPRIGTAIL DUCK. 307 the rank herbage about the borders of the pools, where their young were reared. The nest is commonly placed on the ground — in rare instances in the hollow of a tree, or some "stub" projecting from the water of a swamp. The eggs are creamy or pale buff-colored, smooth and elliptical, measuring two and one-third inches long by one and two-thirds of an inch in breadth ; they are laid in May and June, to the number of six, eight or ten. This is one of the largest of the river Ducks, and unsurpassed in the excellence of its flesh. Among sportsmen, its book-name of " Dusky Duck" is less often used than that of " Black ; PINTAIL OR SPRIGTAIL DUCK. Dafila acuta (Z.) Fig. 63. —Head of Female Spbigtail. Nat. size. Chars. Tail cuneate, when fully developed the central feathers much projecting and nearly equalling the wing in length ; much shorter and not so narrow in the female and young; to 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 Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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