. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. STELLER S DUCK Eniconctta stdleri. SPECTACLED EIDER. Arctonctta fischeri. KINC; EIDER. Somateria spectabih' HIIDDY DUCK. Eristnatura jamaiccnsis. AMERICAN Merganser amerieanus. HOODED MERGANSER. Lophodytes cucuUatus. This sea-going bird-craft is at home—under many names—in both the Old World and the New. On our continent it breeds from our northern states as far as the Aleutian Islands and western Alaska, where the Aleuts jjrize it for food above all other du
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. STELLER S DUCK Eniconctta stdleri. SPECTACLED EIDER. Arctonctta fischeri. KINC; EIDER. Somateria spectabih' HIIDDY DUCK. Eristnatura jamaiccnsis. AMERICAN Merganser amerieanus. HOODED MERGANSER. Lophodytes cucuUatus. This sea-going bird-craft is at home—under many names—in both the Old World and the New. On our continent it breeds from our northern states as far as the Aleutian Islands and western Alaska, where the Aleuts jjrize it for food above all other ducks. In winter it migrates along our two ocean coasts to southern California and Florida. It feeds entirely on fish, and the flavor of its flesh is rank and disa- greeable. Nearly all sportsmen admire this duck, and it is much to be regretted that it is so shy and marked by a striking, black-and-white .semi- circular crest of great height, standing stiflSy erect, and jaunty beyond compare amongst water-fowl. By that crest and the slender Merganser bill any one may know this bird out of ten thousand species, whether seen in New York or New Zealand. It ranges all over North America, wherever there is water enough to float it, down to Mexico and Cuba, and as a result has been burdened with an appalling ' Lo-phod'y-tes cu-cul-la'tus. Average length, 17 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 Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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