. . ge, and that a brood of young was raised there that states that for several years he has seen broods of youngbirds along the south shore of Cape Cod, but is inclined tothe belief that their parents were cripples which were left overfrom the spring shooting. This year (1911) I saw a femaleon the Agawam River at Wareham in June, and the same, oranother, several times in July and August within half a mileof the spot where she was first seen. No young were seen,but a collector shot the bird on the last day of i\.ugust, andhe
. . ge, and that a brood of young was raised there that states that for several years he has seen broods of youngbirds along the south shore of Cape Cod, but is inclined tothe belief that their parents were cripples which were left overfrom the spring shooting. This year (1911) I saw a femaleon the Agawam River at Wareham in June, and the same, oranother, several times in July and August within half a mileof the spot where she was first seen. No young were seen,but a collector shot the bird on the last day of i\.ugust, andhe informed me that the condition of the ovaries showed thatthe bird had been breeding. I examined the specimen later,and it was undoubtedly a breeding bird. It could fly well,was not crippled in any way, and a careful examination re-vealed no old shot marks. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 67 HOODED MERGANSER {Lophodytes cucuUatus). Common or local names: Hooded Sheldrake; Hairj^ Crown; Hairy Head; Wood Shel-drake; Swamp Sheldrake; Mud Sheldrake; Saw-bill Males and Female. Length. — to 18 inches. Adult Male. — Head, neck and back black, a broad white patch extendingfrom back of eye backward, with a narrow black border, forming anearly semicircular crest when erected; if lowered, flattened and ex-tended backward; two black bands extending from upper back towardbreast before the bend of the wing; flanks grayish brown before, gradinginto reddish brown, crossed by fine wavy black lines; rest of underparts white; fore wing gray; wing patch and some long feathers onthe back white; wing with two black bars, one before the white patch,the other crossing it; bill black; iris yellow; feet light brown; clawsdusky. Adult Female. — Chin and throat light; rest of head, with bushy crest, dullreddish brown, usually paler on cheeks; rest of upper parts sootybrown, inconspicuously barred; wing with a white patch divided bya dusky bar; flanks like upper parts; upper breast light
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