. How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped according to size and color. Ducks; Geese; Swans; Birds. elien ciorulcscuus. Ailulf: Ileail aud neck, white or white tinged with orange brown, or white tinged with gi-ayish; baek aud breast, dark slaty brown; the feathers margined with lighter brown; wing cov- erts and eoiieealed portion of pi'iiinu-ies and secondaries, slaty grai'; exposed portion of prinmries and secondaries, browuish black; greater portion of the shafts, white; lowei- back and rump, slaty gray; under piarts, diUl slaty gray, the feather
. How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped according to size and color. Ducks; Geese; Swans; Birds. elien ciorulcscuus. Ailulf: Ileail aud neck, white or white tinged with orange brown, or white tinged with gi-ayish; baek aud breast, dark slaty brown; the feathers margined with lighter brown; wing cov- erts and eoiieealed portion of pi'iiinu-ies and secondaries, slaty grai'; exposed portion of prinmries and secondaries, browuish black; greater portion of the shafts, white; lowei- back and rump, slaty gray; under piarts, diUl slaty gray, the feathers nnn-giued with pale lirowu or rusty brown; axillars, hoary gray with grayish brown shafts. "Wing, 1(; tail, ; tarsus, ; bill (culmen), ; bill (nostril to tip), ; (angle of ja«' to tip), Iliibitat: " Interior of Xorth America, breeding on Eastern shores of Hudson's Bay and migrating south in winter through3Iississippi Valley to Gulf coast; occasional on Atlantic ; ('.). 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 Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921. Boston, For sale by Little, Brown & Co.
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