. . Proc. Essex Inst., 1864, p. 88. 2 Brewster, Willium: Auk, 1901, p. 13.). BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 85 always are gray. This character appears to be constant inboth sexes. Dr. John C. Philhps has pubHshed, in Forestand Stream, a drawing that shows at a glance the appearanceof the axillars in each species, drawn from adult male speci-mens. These are reproduced herewith. If, with this distinc-tive mark in view, sportsmen will make careful examinationof the Widgeons or Baldpates taken in this country, it mayprove that the Europ
. . Proc. Essex Inst., 1864, p. 88. 2 Brewster, Willium: Auk, 1901, p. 13.). BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 85 always are gray. This character appears to be constant inboth sexes. Dr. John C. Philhps has pubHshed, in Forestand Stream, a drawing that shows at a glance the appearanceof the axillars in each species, drawn from adult male speci-mens. These are reproduced herewith. If, with this distinc-tive mark in view, sportsmen will make careful examinationof the Widgeons or Baldpates taken in this country, it mayprove that the European species is less uncommon thanhitherto has been supposed. Dr. Phillips has found, by com-paring the axillars, that four birds taken at Wenham Lakeare referable to the European species. The probability isthat this bird is a permanent resident in North America, andbreeds on this continent. 86 CAME BIRDS. WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. BALDPATE {Mareca americana). Common or local names: American WidRCon; Widgeon; Southern Widgeon; Cali-fornia Widgeon; Female. Male. Length. — 18 to 21 inches. Adult Male. — Forehead and top of head white; sides of head and neckless purely white or more buffy, speckled with lusterless dusky green-ish; a broad glossy green patch extending from around eye back tonape; chin dusky; upper hind neck and back mainly pale brown orreddish, finely pencilled with black cross lines; fore wing with a broadwhite patch, bordered behind with a black band, and a metallic greenspeculum, which darkens behind; fore neck, upper breast and sideslight brownish, red or wine red; rest of under parts white; primarywing quills and tail gray; feet light slaty bluish; bill grayish blue, withblack tip and black edges; iris brown. Female and Immature Male. — Top of head blackish; rest of head and neckwhitish, spotted with dusky; back buff, barred with dusky; speculummainly black; indications of white patch on fore wing, forming a whiteor whitish bar; breast and
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