. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. ^1 SURF scoriiR. SURF DUCK. PATCH-lli:Ar3. IIOKSK-HEAD COOT. SKUNK-llKAl). (")II) ri'.KSPK CilAR. Male: general cnlor deep l)la(k ;ihnvo, paler below ; a white patch on the forehead and on the nape; hill mostly orange red, with a patch of black near the base of the upper maiuiibU', bordered by and pale blue; lower mandible pinkish ; Ici^s and toes orange, webs did
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. ^1 SURF scoriiR. SURF DUCK. PATCH-lli:Ar3. IIOKSK-HEAD COOT. SKUNK-llKAl). (")II) ri'.KSPK CilAR. Male: general cnlor deep l)la(k ;ihnvo, paler below ; a white patch on the forehead and on the nape; hill mostly orange red, with a patch of black near the base of the upper maiuiibU', bordered by and pale blue; lower mandible pinkish ; Ici^s and toes orange, webs didl green, claws black. l''emale : u]i])er ]iarts dnskv or sootv brown ; tmder parts grayish; bill dusky; legs and feet dull buff. Length about \<) inches. A\s/. On the margin of a lake or sluggish stream, concealed amid a tussock of rank herbage or beneath a low branch, — made of coarse weed- stems and lined with down. E^i^'-gs. 5-8; pale buff or ivory white; |o X This species of Sc;i Duck, with other dirk kinds here com- monly called Coots, may be ])ro])erly considered ;is an .\nier- ic;in species, its visits in the Orkneys and Mtiropean seas being merely accidental. It breeds on the .\rctic coasts, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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