. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. 'U SHOVE IJ-ER. SPOOXlillJ-. BROADHILL. Spatl' ciai'i;a'ia. Char, liack brown, the feathers paler on the edges ; shoulders blue; wing-coverts white: secondaries brown wilii a green ]iatch; primaries black ; rum]i and tail black ; head and neck green ; lower neck and breast white; bellv rich chestnut; vent white: under tail-coverts black; bill widened at the end and of dark leaden blue: legs reddish. Female
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. 'U SHOVE IJ-ER. SPOOXlillJ-. BROADHILL. Spatl' ciai'i;a'ia. Char, liack brown, the feathers paler on the edges ; shoulders blue; wing-coverts white: secondaries brown wilii a green ]iatch; primaries black ; rum]i and tail black ; head and neck green ; lower neck and breast white; bellv rich chestnut; vent white: under tail-coverts black; bill widened at the end and of dark leaden blue: legs reddish. Female darker and duller; head and neck mottled with two shades of brown; under parts pale brown or buff. Length 20 inches AW/. On marshy margins of a lake or stream : made of grass lined with tlown, which the female plucks from her body after she begins to sit. £,i,';^:!. 6-14; pale greenish buff, sometimes tinged with blue; X The Shoveller, remarkable by the broadness of its bill, is an inhabitant of the northern parts of both continents ; according to Richardson it frequents chiefly the clear lakes of the hy- perboreal districts, selecting for a breeding-place the Barren Grounds, where it remains to pass the summer, appearing in ntmibers in the more southern and woody country only in the spring and autumn when migrating. Early in October these. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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