. 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. 'K. WIDGEON. AXAS AMl'.RICAXA. Char. Mantle hiownisli ,c;iay, vaiitd witli fine waved lines of black; head anil neck gia\ i>h whiti.', with dark siiots, — the crown with lew or no spots: a green patch on the sides ot the iiead behind the eyes ; wing- palih green, bordered with black; tail gravish brown; breast mottled reddish brown; bellv white, Iiill and legs gravish blue. Length
. 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. 'K. WIDGEON. AXAS AMl'.RICAXA. Char. Mantle hiownisli ,c;iay, vaiitd witli fine waved lines of black; head anil neck gia\ i>h whiti.', with dark siiots, — the crown with lew or no spots: a green patch on the sides ot the iiead behind the eyes ; wing- palih green, bordered with black; tail gravish brown; breast mottled reddish brown; bellv white, Iiill and legs gravish blue. Length 19 inches. The female has a ilai k-brown l);ick ; head and neck vcllowish wliite, spotted with black. A',:^/. L'luler a hush on upland, or on a drv knoll in a marsh ; made of weeil-stcms, grass, and leaves, — sometimes a mere depression amid dead leaves, — lined with down. AvV-*' 7~'-; ivory white; average size X This species, so nearly allied to the iMiropean Widgeon, has not been found in the old continent ; yet it retires north to breed, inhabiting in stniinier the woody distri<ts of the remote fur (onntries near the Saskatchewan and the coasts of Hudson Bay ;is f;)r as the 6Sth (leL,^rei' ol northern latitude. In aiitmnn and winter these birds ;ire coininon in ni-arly ;ill p;irts of the Union, many winterini; in North and South Carolina in the i iff'. 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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