. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 134 TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS — STEGANOPODES. 1; f!? Bill chiefly orniij,'e, paler on the culmeii> »,!":. nnilH iiiiil e<l{,'os of tlip innxilla mid niiuidible more reddish; mandible deeper red than llie iiiaxilla, growiny almost brick-red basally; pouch dirty- whitish anteriorly, where Hud'used with biackish, ptvshiny successively through yellow and oranj^e into iuteuse dragou's-blood, or brick-red, the base ; lower edye of tliu muudible Hometimes black-. r. erythrorhynchos, breeding-dre
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 134 TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS — STEGANOPODES. 1; f!? Bill chiefly orniij,'e, paler on the culmeii> »,!":. nnilH iiiiil e<l{,'os of tlip innxilla mid niiuidible more reddish; mandible deeper red than llie iiiaxilla, growiny almost brick-red basally; pouch dirty- whitish anteriorly, where Hud'used with biackish, ptvshiny successively through yellow and oranj^e into iuteuse dragou's-blood, or brick-red, the base ; lower edye of tliu muudible Hometimes black-. r. erythrorhynchos, breeding-dress. ish, and aide of the mandible sometimes markcnl, nearly opposite the maxillary crest, with a some- what quadrate black spot; bare skin of the lores and orbital rej^ion rich orange-yellow ; eyelids dark-reddish ; iris j)earl-white ; legs and feet intense orange-i-ed.* Adult, duriwi latter part of the breeding-season: Similar to the above, but maxillary excrescence wanting (having been cast), and the nuchal crest replaced by a patch of brownish gray. Adult, in fall and winter: Siniihir to the List, but no grayish jjatch on the occiput (crest also absent), the bill and feet clear yellow. Young: Similar to the winter oilult, but lesser wing-coverts brownish gray centrally, the pili'um similarly marked ; jugular fentliers short and broad, and pure white, like the other feathers of the lower surface ; bill, pouch, and feet jiale yellow. Total length, about inches ; extent, feet; wing, 22 . inches; culmen, ; tarsus, ; middle toe, '» Weight of adult, about 17 pounds. Individual variation, both in size and in the details of colora- tion, is very considerable in this species. Most descriptions of tlic perfectly adult bird say tliat the plumage is tinged with peach-blos- som pink ; but in only a single example among the very large nundmr examined by us (includ- ing both skins and freshly killed birds) was the fain'tcst trace o
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