. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . X. REDHEAD 146. Marila <iiii( ricana. 19 in. Note the sluii)e of the bill of tliis species, as comparedto tliat of the similarly colored Canvas-back. The maleliedhead has a bluish bill with a black tip, and his backis much darker than that of the Canvas-back; eye yel-low. The female has the throat white and the backjilain grayish-brown, without bars. Redheads dive andswim with great agility; the_y feed largely upon waterplants and mollusks which they get from tlie bottom ofl)onds, or along the seashore. They bree
. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . X. REDHEAD 146. Marila <iiii( ricana. 19 in. Note the sluii)e of the bill of tliis species, as comparedto tliat of the similarly colored Canvas-back. The maleliedhead has a bluish bill with a black tip, and his backis much darker than that of the Canvas-back; eye yel-low. The female has the throat white and the backjilain grayish-brown, without bars. Redheads dive andswim with great agility; the_y feed largely upon waterplants and mollusks which they get from tlie bottom ofl)onds, or along the seashore. They breed very abun-dantly in the sloughs of the prairies in the Northwest. Notes.—A h(dlnw. rapid croaking. Nest.—Of grasses, lined with feathers, in marshes,riieir 6 to 12 eggs are buflfy white ( ) : ^lay,June. Range.—Breeds chietiy in the interior, from Minnesotaand Dakota mu-thward. and to a lesser degree northfrom Maine. Wintt-rs in southern part of the U. S. CANVAS-BACK r 147. Marila vaUisneria. 21 in. Differs from tlie Redhead in the shape of its black ^-^^ bill,
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