. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. 46 BIRD NAMES. [No. 15. white. Bill high at base, greenish black throughout; its length from corner of mouth two and a half to two and three-quarter inches, and greatest width about thirteen sixteenths of an inch. Legs bluish gray. Female. Head, neck, and fore part of body dull brownish buff or brownish tan ; wings-nearly plain grayish brown; upper parts of body, with sides, and rump all around grayish brown minutely sprinkled .with wavy dull .white. Be
. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. 46 BIRD NAMES. [No. 15. white. Bill high at base, greenish black throughout; its length from corner of mouth two and a half to two and three-quarter inches, and greatest width about thirteen sixteenths of an inch. Legs bluish gray. Female. Head, neck, and fore part of body dull brownish buff or brownish tan ; wings-nearly plain grayish brown; upper parts of body, with sides, and rump all around grayish brown minutely sprinkled .with wavy dull .white. Belly white, tinged here and there with yellowish and grayish tints. Bill and legs as in No. 15. Female. Length twenty-one to twenty-two and three-quarter inches: extent thirty-three and a half to thirty-six inches or a little more. Another way of distinguishing it from No. 16 is by the rather flat manner in which the forehead continues the upper line of the bill; the forehead of No. 16 being more arched and intellectual-looking. In many waters of the "West, this bird, whose range is sup- posed to include the greater part of the country,* is found in * "Breeds from the northern tier of states northward, in the Rocky Moun-. 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 Trumbull, Gurdon, 1841-1903. New York, Harper
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