. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. Had. Coasts and lurgor jnliind waters of Northern North America, south to the Great Lakes, New Jersey, and California. Mountains of Colorado (Boulder Co., June 1; Mrs. M. A. Maxwell). Sv. Char. Aihdt male: Entire plumage uniform deep black, the neck very faintly glossed with dull violaceous, the feathers somewhat distinctly defined ; basal half of the maxilla, except a. CE. americana. stripe along the tomium, bright orange; (yellowish in the dried skin), the remainder of the bill black ; iris hazel
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. Had. Coasts and lurgor jnliind waters of Northern North America, south to the Great Lakes, New Jersey, and California. Mountains of Colorado (Boulder Co., June 1; Mrs. M. A. Maxwell). Sv. Char. Aihdt male: Entire plumage uniform deep black, the neck very faintly glossed with dull violaceous, the feathers somewhat distinctly defined ; basal half of the maxilla, except a. CE. americana. stripe along the tomium, bright orange; (yellowish in the dried skin), the remainder of the bill black ; iris hazel; legs and feet dull black. "Tiie bulging part of the upper mandible is bright orange, jjaler above, that color extending to a little before the nostrils ; the rest of the upper man- dible, including its basal margin to the breadth of from three to two twelfths of an inch, black, aa is the lower mandible. Iris brown. Feet brownish black " (Aidubon). Adult female: Ahove, dull dark grayish brown, the iVathers of the back antlj' defined against the uniform dark brown of the pileum and na)ie. Bill entirely black. Voioui: Upper parts, jugu- lum, sides, and flanks, luiiform dark grayish brown ; sides of head and neck, chin and throat, dirty whitish, tinged with brownish gray, quite abruptly defined against the dark brown of tlie pileura and nape ; abdomen whitish, each feather marked with a dusky grayish brown bar just beneath the surface, some of these bars exposed ; anal region and crissum grayish brown, the feathers tipped with white. Bill and feet black, vol,. II. — 12. 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 Baird, Spencer F. , 1823-1887; Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880. Boston : Little, Brown
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