. The water birds of North America . ewhole anal region and crissuru being dull black. Asmall spot of blue-black on the anterior part of thesides, beneath the bend of the wing ; lining of thewing entirely white. Bill dull grayish blue, asare the feet, the claws yellowish gray (Audubon).Adult female, in summer: Above, dusky, more or lessrelieved by pale fulvous or light-brown edgings tothe feathers, the anterior portion of the back morespotted, but the rump sometimes uniform blackish,tinmgh the feathers are usually narrowly tipped withlight brownish ; head and neck pale-brown, freckledor transv
. The water birds of North America . ewhole anal region and crissuru being dull black. Asmall spot of blue-black on the anterior part of thesides, beneath the bend of the wing ; lining of thewing entirely white. Bill dull grayish blue, asare the feet, the claws yellowish gray (Audubon).Adult female, in summer: Above, dusky, more or lessrelieved by pale fulvous or light-brown edgings tothe feathers, the anterior portion of the back morespotted, but the rump sometimes uniform blackish,tinmgh the feathers are usually narrowly tipped withlight brownish ; head and neck pale-brown, freckledor transversely speckled with dusky, this formingmore distinct bars on the pileum ; jugulum and breastlight rusty brown, spotted or irregularly barred withdusky ; feathers of sides and flanks dusky, bordered with light brown ; abdomen, anal region,and crissuin nearly plain sooty blackish. Wing-coverts dusky, broadly tipped with brownish gray ;speculum dull metallic blue or violet, bounded on each side by a white bar, as in the male ; falcate. Mule. ANATTNzE — THE DUCKS — ENICONETTA. 67 tcrtials mostly dnsky. Ytnmg male: Similar to the adult female, but speculum dusky grayishbrown, with little, if any, metallic gloss, the tertials but slightly curved, and with little 01 nowhite. Total length, about inches ; extent, to ; wing, ; oilmen, ;tarsus, ; middle toe, A supposed young male from Northern Europe (No. 57266) corresponds with the descriptiongiven above, except that the throat is black, the occipital feathers stiffened, while white feathersainicar on the sides of the breast.
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