. 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. fr'S'' â s?*^.^:. vaved lines of neck, l)rcast. Mack, tijipcd c luail, neck, k less distinct im or lake, â [Iges and lined iniied more or s-back, with lorth of both and lakes in of (Germany, land, l"'ranc-c', s far south as \re found to REl)lli:.\i). 341 breed ,n all âf the fur countries, from the 50th parallel to their utmost boreal liuiits, and, du'ellinL; in fresh waters are s
. 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. fr'S'' â s?*^.^:. vaved lines of neck, l)rcast. Mack, tijipcd c luail, neck, k less distinct im or lake, â [Iges and lined iniied more or s-back, with lorth of both and lakes in of (Germany, land, l"'ranc-c', s far south as \re found to REl)lli:.\i). 341 breed ,n all âf the fur countries, from the 50th parallel to their utmost boreal liuiits, and, du'ellinL; in fresh waters are seen to ^ with the , or proper taknijr to the sea in autumn with their broods, and "iiHin the limits of the Tnited States towards the Hose o> October: they afterwards spread themselves over the hays rivers, and freshwater lakes at no great distance from the sea In tlic Hay ol Chesapeake and its tributarv streams thev are now seen m flocks with the Camasdja. ks, feed mu.'h on the same kind ot submarine grass, or wrack-weed, on winch they become very fat, ami are in llavor and si/e but little infe- rior to their companions, â|,dn- often, in tact, both sold and eaten tor the same, without tlie aid of any very sensible impo- sition. In the months of I'Vbruary and March thev are com- mon in the fresh waters of \orth .South Carolina, where many pass the greater part of the winter; thev are also seen at this season in the lower part of the Missi'ssippi, around Nat<he/, and accmpanv the tlocks of th.' si)e(ies near New Orleans. Ilrisson's Mexican Pochard, de'- s<Tibed by Fernande/, is also in all probabilitv the same bird. 'Ihe Pochards dive and swim with great agilitv. 'I'hey are in i:nglan<l sometimes taken in the «lecov pools' in the iisual manner of driung. but are by no means welcome visitors : for by their c<mlinual diving they disturb the rest of the fowls on the water, thu
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