. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . ape; no enlargement or specialcolorings of feathers about the wings. Billdusky: feet yeUowish-dusky. Head and neckgray, darker on crown, the chin and partsabout bill and eyes white
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . ape; no enlargement or specialcolorings of feathers about the wings. Billdusky: feet yeUowish-dusky. Head and neckgray, darker on crown, the chin and partsabout bill and eyes white. Fore neck, breastand sides of body yellowish-brown, mottledwith dark gray, the breast spotted v^-ith brown,the beUy white. Upper parts dark brown Fig. 484. —Wood Duck. (From Tenney, after Audubon.)with considerable gloss; wings much as in the male, but the velvety-black reduced. ; extent about ; wing ; tail ; bill ; tarsus the same; middletoe and claw N. Am. at large, but especially U. S., breeding throughout its range,wintering chiefly in the South. This exquisite bird is commonly dispersed in wooded portionsof the country near water; it nestles usually in the hollows of trees, whence the young aretransported in the bill of the parent. Eggs about a dozen, very variable in number, of paledrab color and the usual smooth shell and elliptical shape, about X 68. Subfamily FULICULIN/E: Sea Ducks.
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