. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. â THE â CLANGULA. 49 VIII. 1814, . Biog. IV. A. II. 18;51, no. 727. JouEs, Ki'y, TliL're is very little variation among the niiiles of this .species. Tlie females vary in the mark- ings of the wiiij:, some having the greater ct)verts white, tipped with dusky ; while in others only the inner secondaries are white. This species, peculiiir to this continent, Imt of ticciilentiil or occasional occurrence in Europe, has an extended distribution throuL(hout North America, being found in w
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. â THE â CLANGULA. 49 VIII. 1814, . Biog. IV. A. II. 18;51, no. 727. JouEs, Ki'y, TliL're is very little variation among the niiiles of this .species. Tlie females vary in the mark- ings of the wiiij:, some having the greater ct)verts white, tipped with dusky ; while in others only the inner secondaries are white. This species, peculiiir to this continent, Imt of ticciilentiil or occasional occurrence in Europe, has an extended distribution throuL(hout North America, being found in winter in the more southern States, in the West India Islands, and on both coasts of Mexico. It goes as far north as Greenland on the northeast, and Alaska on the northwest, coast. An adult female specimen was obtained at Godthaab, in Greenland, by the elder lieinhardt. Mr. Bernard Koss met with it throughout the whole valley of the Alac- Mexico. een, viukt- jreen on tlic vhite on llio lack to aiiil lower piirt? !r scajtulars thers of tlio iterior pints ;ray ; \\\>Y^f â¢, the Av.\\'\> ;ie nail iitnl â t pinkish, ,')0 ini'liis; ; till- null-: Ihad, <h brown; ilinal patcb :iries (soiiii'- nt ends), iwnish ^.'liiy isky, incliii- issure ; iris ic-jiink. till' ,.50 inches; I. FrimUe (nntuml size). tenzie, to the very mouth of that river. It was taken on the Saskatchewan by |Cai)tain Blakiston, who also received it from Hudson's Bay. This species is said by Dr. Bichardson to fre(]ueMt the rivers and fresh-water lakes tlu'oughout the Fur Countries in great nmubers. It is very far from being shy, will ftllow the sportsnum to ajiproach quite near, and then dives so dexterously at the flash of the gun, and is so very dithcult to kill, that the natives believe it to possess tupernatural powers, and call it the "Spirit ;' . Mr. Dall nu'utions it as not uin-ommon on the Yukon, where it breeds. It is tbundant at the mouth of the Yukon Biver, where there are n
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