. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions, or, The Swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America [microform] : with accounts of their habits, nesting, migrations, and dispersions, together with descriptions of the adults and young, and keys for the ready identification of the species : a book for the sportsman, and for those desirous of knowing how to distinguish these web-footed birds and to learn their ways in their native wilds. Waterfowl; Game and game-birds; Gibier d'eau; Gibier. (H y :ii 182 ll^A 'JEN least strong, for I noticrd the birds tarclx settled o
. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions, or, The Swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America [microform] : with accounts of their habits, nesting, migrations, and dispersions, together with descriptions of the adults and young, and keys for the ready identification of the species : a book for the sportsman, and for those desirous of knowing how to distinguish these web-footed birds and to learn their ways in their native wilds. Waterfowl; Game and game-birds; Gibier d'eau; Gibier. (H y :ii 182 ll^A 'JEN least strong, for I noticrd the birds tarclx settled on the water where it was rnnninj^^ swiftly. This Duck decoys readily in such situations, and will come ri^ht in, and if permitted settle anionic the wooden counterfeits. They sit lijj;^hll\ upon the water and rise at once without effort or much splashin^^. The lli^du is very rapid, and is ac- companied with the same whistlinj.,^ of the win^s so noticeable in the ("onmion (iolden In stormy wcatiier this bird keeps close to the banks, seeking- shel- ter from the winds. It dives as expertly as its relative, and fre(|uently remains under water for a consiclerable time, ''^he Hesh of those killed u])on the river was lender and of f(ood flavor, fish evidently not havinj:;' fig'ured much as an article of their diet. ('/.. / ay; [ 'I. A IS/. A \I) fCA. Geof^raphiinl /),'sfri7)u/iii.—North America, from the Arctic regions south lo nortlieni New \'ork, Illinois, 1,'tah, and C'ol- orado. (ireeiihuKi, Iceland. Occasional in Alaska. Accidental in Europe, lirecds from fiulf of St. Lawrence, northward. ^/r/////d/^//(".—A slight occipital crest. Head and ii])per part of neck, glossy bluish black, in sonic specimens with greenish reflections in certain lights. A large triangular sha])ed white patch, similar in form to a crescent, upper end pointed, lower end rounded, occupies the space at l>ase of bill. Lower part of neck, and under parts, pure white ; upjjcr parts, velve
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