. Birds that hunt and are hunted; life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water fowls . more hardy constitution than many of its kin, stays around ourlarger ponds long after the ice has formed, and where springskeep open pools, it is not infrequently met with all through amild winter. Gadwall (Anas slrepera) Called also: GRAY DUCK Length—20 to 22 inches. Male—Upper parts have general appearance of brownish gray,waved and marked with crescent-shaped white and blackishbars. Top of head streaked with black or reddish brown;sides of head and neck pale buff brown, mo
. Birds that hunt and are hunted; life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water fowls . more hardy constitution than many of its kin, stays around ourlarger ponds long after the ice has formed, and where springskeep open pools, it is not infrequently met with all through amild winter. Gadwall (Anas slrepera) Called also: GRAY DUCK Length—20 to 22 inches. Male—Upper parts have general appearance of brownish gray,waved and marked with crescent-shaped white and blackishbars. Top of head streaked with black or reddish brown;sides of head and neck pale buff brown, mottled withdarker; lower neck and breast black or very dark gray, eachfeather marked with white and resembling scales ; grayishand white underneath, minutely lined with gray waves;lower back dusky, changing to black on tail coverts; spaceunder tail black. Wings chestnut brown, gray, and black,with white patch framed in velvety black and white. Bill lead color. Feet orange. Female—Smaller than male and darker. Head and throat likemales; back dark grayish brown, the feathers edged with 98. River and Pond Ducks buff; breast and sides buff, thickly spotted with black,but the female throughout lacks the beautiful waves, scales,and crescent-shaped marks that adorn her mate. Under-neath, including under tail-coverts and wing-linings, or no chestnut on wings ; speculum or wing-patchwhite and gray. Bill dusky, blotched with orange. Imma-ture birds resemble the mother. Range—Cosmopolitan; nests in North America, from the middlestates northward to the fur countries, but chiefly withinUnited States limits. Most abundant in Mississippi Valleyregion and west; also northward to the Saskatchewan. Season—Winter resident south of Virginia and southern Illinois;winter visitor, most abundant in spring and autumn migra-tions, north of Washington. This beautiful species, first discovered by Wilson, on theshores of Seneca Lake, New York, keeps close by fres
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