. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 36 LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS — ANSERES. •fir JEthyia americana. THE BED-HEADED DUCK. Aiuisfn-ina, Wils. Am. Orii. VIII. 1814, 110, \A. 70, tig. G (not of LixN.). Fuliguht,fcrina, IJoxAi'. .Syiioi). 1828, 392. — S\v. & Hum. V. IJ. A. II. 1831, 452. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 434. —Aui). Oni. lUog. IV. 1838, 198, pi. 322; Syuop. 1839, 287 ; B. Am. VI. 184;!, 311, pi. 396. Fitliijuin americana, Fa'TOX, Mon. Aiiat. 1838, 155. Aijthyn firina, S, amcricna, Boxap. Compt. ItL'iiJ. XLIII. Sept, 1856, 651. Ayl
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 36 LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS — ANSERES. •fir JEthyia americana. THE BED-HEADED DUCK. Aiuisfn-ina, Wils. Am. Orii. VIII. 1814, 110, \A. 70, tig. G (not of LixN.). Fuliguht,fcrina, IJoxAi'. .Syiioi). 1828, 392. — S\v. & Hum. V. IJ. A. II. 1831, 452. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 434. —Aui). Oni. lUog. IV. 1838, 198, pi. 322; Syuop. 1839, 287 ; B. Am. VI. 184;!, 311, pi. 396. Fitliijuin americana, Fa'TOX, Mon. Aiiat. 1838, 155. Aijthyn firina, S, amcricna, Boxap. Compt. ItL'iiJ. XLIII. Sept, 1856, 651. Aylhija amcricaiin, Baikd, B. N. Am. 1858, 793 ; Cat. N. Am. 15. 1859, no. 591. jEthyia amcriamn, Scu & Salv. Noiu. Ncotr. 1873. — Uidow. Noiii. N. .\m. H. 1881, no. 618. Aiitlnja frrina, var. americana, , Bull. M. C. Z. III. 1872, 183. Fiiliiju/a firina, var. americana, Vvveh, Key, 1872, 289 ; ChcL'k List, 1873, no, 503; B. N. W. 1874, Filliijnla firina americana, CouEs, Che k List, 2d ed. 1882, no. 723. Aijthyri. erijlhroccphala, Bonap. t'omp. 1 st, 1838, 58. Hab. The whole of North America, breeding from Central California and Maine, to the Fur Countries ; Bahanuw. Sp. Char. Bill much shorter than the middle toe (without claw), l)road, the end moderately , ami with the nail decidedly decurved, the culnien about two and a half times the great- est width of the maxilla, and deciiledly concave. Adult male: Head and upper half, or more, of the jieck rich reddish chestnut, the latter glossed with reddish purple ; lower part of the neck, jugulum, anterior part of the back, lower part of the rump, upper tail-coverts, and crissum, black; back, scapulars, sides, and , densely vermiculated with white ami dusky in about ecjual proportion ; anal vc- gion similarly, but more faintly, nuirkcd ; entire abdomen inunacuhite white ; wiiii,'- deep plumbeous-gray, faintly and minutely sprinkled with white ; secondaries ('• speculum ") pal
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