. North American birds eggs . XoKTH American Birds Eggs. 79 155. Harlequin Duck. — Xiuthern Hemisphtre in America. Iirenlin the Roeky Mountains in Colurado, northwardand New Entrland. from Xewfiiundhmd andMjutli in winter to Califdrnia. A beautiful and most t:ort;enusliird, not in color?, Init in tlie oddityof the markings, the colors (inlyincluding blaik, white, gray andchestnut. Either sex can he recog-nized by the small short bill. Theybreed mostly in single pairs alongswiftly running streams, placingtheir nest, which is wnven of weedsand grasses, in the ground near thewater. It i
. North American birds eggs . XoKTH American Birds Eggs. 79 155. Harlequin Duck. — Xiuthern Hemisphtre in America. Iirenlin the Roeky Mountains in Colurado, northwardand New Entrland. from Xewfiiundhmd andMjutli in winter to Califdrnia. A beautiful and most t:ort;enusliird, not in color?, Init in tlie oddityof the markings, the colors (inlyincluding blaik, white, gray andchestnut. Either sex can he recog-nized by the small short bill. Theybreed mostly in single pairs alongswiftly running streams, placingtheir nest, which is wnven of weedsand grasses, in the ground near thewater. It is also claimed that theysometimes nest in hollow trees. Theylay from tive to eight eggs, yellowishor greenish buff in color. Size2.;W Data. —Peel River, 18118. Seven eggs in aludlow in river bank, lined withdown. Collector, 0. E. Whittaker. 156. Labrador Duck. C(tm]itiliiiiiuit< This tine bird, whose range was from Labradcir to New Jersey in the winter,has probably been extinct since 1875 when the last authentic capture was is a strange fact that a bird of this character should have been cmnpletelyexterminated, even though they w-ere often suld in the markets. Only fnrty-onespecimens
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