. The British bird book . forgettable scheme of coloration. Thefemale is very soberly clad, being of a dark brown, barredwith black. A further and valuable identification mark isfurnished by her beak, which, like that of her lord, seemsunusually long, owing to the sloping forehead. The flight isslow and close down to the water. The sheld-duck is another strikingly coloured speciesthat is commonly seen on sandy shores and estuaries. Therecan be no mistaking it. On the wing it has a conspicuouslypied appearance, while the flight seems slow and ratherlaboured. Seen at rest, and fairly near, a bro
. The British bird book . forgettable scheme of coloration. Thefemale is very soberly clad, being of a dark brown, barredwith black. A further and valuable identification mark isfurnished by her beak, which, like that of her lord, seemsunusually long, owing to the sloping forehead. The flight isslow and close down to the water. The sheld-duck is another strikingly coloured speciesthat is commonly seen on sandy shores and estuaries. Therecan be no mistaking it. On the wing it has a conspicuouslypied appearance, while the flight seems slow and ratherlaboured. Seen at rest, and fairly near, a broad chestnutband across the breast, and a black band down its middle, willbe noticed, while the black head and neck are admirablycontrasted with a coral red beak. The legs are pale winter, on parts of the east coast, they sometimes formflocks of several hundreds. The heavy-bodied, black ducks,one often sees scurr5dng along, close to the water, sometimesin immense flocks, are common scoters. The male is entirely 242. 1. Peregrine Falcon 2. Kestrel 3. Merlin 4. Golden Eagle 5. Montagus Harrier 6. Goshawk 7. OSPREY 8. Sparrow-Hawk black, with an apricot-yellow beak-patch, the female is adark brown, with grey cheeks. Though the duck tribe is represented by a considerablenumber of species, the number likely to be seen by the casualwanderer is very few ; for these birds mostly keep weU undercover during the day. In addition to the three species justdescribed there are at least two others which are not infre-quently seen, out in the open, during the day. One of theseis the goosander, which, on the lochs and rivers of Scotland, iscommon; and it is also frequently encovmtered in similarsituations in the northern counties of England. You mayknow him by his bottle-green head, which bears a crest,black back, and white wings. His breast is suffused with awonderful pale salmon colour—which fades away within afew hours of death, leaving the breast white. The beak islong, pointed, and
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