. American game birds . sharply whistledoeeck. They are of local occurrence andbreed throughout the United States andsouthern Canada, but they are yearly be-coming more scarce in all portions of theirrange. Their nests are in the cavities oftrees, but not necessarily near the watersedge. The ducklings either flutter downthe tree trunk or are carried to the ground in the bill of the mother. REDHEAD (Marila americana). This name is so appropriate that it isknown by few others, one of which is American Pochard. Redheads bearsuperficial resemblance to Canvasbacks and the two are sometimes confused
. American game birds . sharply whistledoeeck. They are of local occurrence andbreed throughout the United States andsouthern Canada, but they are yearly be-coming more scarce in all portions of theirrange. Their nests are in the cavities oftrees, but not necessarily near the watersedge. The ducklings either flutter downthe tree trunk or are carried to the ground in the bill of the mother. REDHEAD (Marila americana). This name is so appropriate that it isknown by few others, one of which is American Pochard. Redheads bearsuperficial resemblance to Canvasbacks and the two are sometimes confusedby novices; the differences are apparent from the pictures, and are pointed outin the next description. Redheads breed in central and western UnitedStates and Canada and are abundant on the South Atlantic coast duringmigrations and in winter. They are classed as one of the sea ducks, becausethey are able to dive to great depths, but are found equally common on freshwater. Their flesh is excellent after suitable wood duck ( 6 , $ ) REDHEAD (9,6) 13 CANVASBACK {Marila valisneria). Thisspecies ranges over the whole of North Amer-ica, but is quite rare on the Atlantic coastnorth of Long Island. They breed in theinterior and northwestern United States andCanada, making their nests on the ground onthe edges of sloughs or marshes, or some-times even piling up rushes in shallow waterto form a foundation. They formerly win-tered very abundantly in the Chesapeakeand North Carolina waters, but have beenhunted so relentlessly that only fewer andsmaller flocks now visit there. After feeding for several weeks on wildrice, wild celery and the tender shoots of val-isneria, Canvasbacks become the mosttoothsome of ducks, although Redheads ap-proach them very closely. This and the last species differ in the fol-lowing respects, as may be seen by referringto their respective pictures. The bill of theCanvasback is black and high at the base,while that of the Redhead is bluish, with ablack
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