. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. No. 15. Aythya vallisneria. Adult Male. Head and greater part of neck brownish red or mahogany color; top of head and about bill of deeper tint, or blackish; reddish tone extending farther down neck than in species ]STo. 16 (sometimes confounded with No. 15), and ap- proaching less nearly a true red; remainder of neck, fore part. No. 15. Adult Male. of body, and rump blackish brown; wings principally gray. Back, shoulder-feathers, sides, and about vent
. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. No. 15. Aythya vallisneria. Adult Male. Head and greater part of neck brownish red or mahogany color; top of head and about bill of deeper tint, or blackish; reddish tone extending farther down neck than in species ]STo. 16 (sometimes confounded with No. 15), and ap- proaching less nearly a true red; remainder of neck, fore part. No. 15. Adult Male. of body, and rump blackish brown; wings principally gray. Back, shoulder-feathers, sides, and about vent white, delicately dotted and lined in wavy pattern with dusky gray ("wrapt in pencilled snow "); front of wings with wavy markings in similar fashion. Under parts of body, not previously described, pure. 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 Trumbull, Gurdon, 1841-1903. New York, Harper
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