. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. i' '. hii Ki;i)m:.\i). roc HARD. A\ IHNA CllAR. Mantle ami sicks silvery white, varied with fine waved lines (>f (hisUy ; bellv wliite ; liead and neciv rich eliestiuit ; lower neck, breast, and rnni]) black; winj^s and tail slate gray; bill dull bluish lilack, ti|iped with gray ; legs and feet leaden gray. In the female the head, neck, and breast are gravish brown, and the mar
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. i' '. hii Ki;i)m:.\i). roc HARD. A\ IHNA CllAR. Mantle ami sicks silvery white, varied with fine waved lines (>f (hisUy ; bellv wliite ; liead and neciv rich eliestiuit ; lower neck, breast, and rnni]) black; winj^s and tail slate gray; bill dull bluish lilack, ti|iped with gray ; legs and feet leaden gray. In the female the head, neck, and breast are gravish brown, and the markings on tlie back le>s distinct and of a browner tint, Length 17 to 21 inches. A't\\/. Amid the rank herbage in marshy margin of stream or lake. — sometimes resting upon the water ; made of grass and sedges and lined with /'-w*'- 7~'4 (nsiially about 10); pale buff or creamy, tinged more or less with olive ; 2 40 X 175. Tlu" Pochard, so ivarly rclatrd to the Canvas-back, with which it generally assov itcs, is coininon to the north of l)oth continents. It is abundant in Russia in rivers and lakes in uU latitudes, as well as in Denmark, north of (lerniany, and as a bird of passage is seen in England, Holland, I'rance. Italy, and in the course of the winter proceetls as far south as V'gypt. In the presi-nt continent these birds are foiuid 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 Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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