. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . , bill Female: length 21-24,wing , bill Distribution. — Whole of North America, breeding from Pennsylvaniaand mountains of Colorado and California, northward. Nest. — In hollow tree or on ground, lined with down. Eggs : 8 to 10,pale huffy. The sheldrakes, while common and widely distributed, are neverabundant. They are usually found in pairs or small flocks along therivers or in open lakes w±ere there are plenty of small fish
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . , bill Female: length 21-24,wing , bill Distribution. — Whole of North America, breeding from Pennsylvaniaand mountains of Colorado and California, northward. Nest. — In hollow tree or on ground, lined with down. Eggs : 8 to 10,pale huffy. The sheldrakes, while common and widely distributed, are neverabundant. They are usually found in pairs or small flocks along therivers or in open lakes w±ere there are plenty of small fish. In sum-mer the few that remain in the United States to breed keep princi-pally in the high mountains, along the streams or lakes of the Borealzone. Even the half fledged young delight in the cold water andfoaming rapids of a mountain trout stream. Vernon Bailey. 130. Merganser serrator (Linn.). Red-breasted male. — Head and crest black, glossed with green ; neck white ; back black; middle of wings white; rump gray; chest huffy withblackisli: belly white or creamy : sides gray. Arhdt female:. head and neck brown, darker and duller on crown and crest; rest of upperparts and tail slaty gray, except for white patch on wings; under partswhite. Length: 20-25, wing , bill about DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 47 Remarks. — The female is disting-uished from the female americanus bysmaller size, slenderer bill, and position of nostril. Distribution. — Northern part of northern hemisphere, breeding in Amer-ica from Illinois and Minnesota north to Alaska and Greenland ; south inwinter over the United States. Nest. — On ground near water, hidden in grass and weeds, made of leaves,grass, and moss, lined with down. Eggs : 8 to 10, olive buff. The red-breasted merganser is a common duck of the clear streamsand lakes, a good diver and fisher, but rarely fat and often flavoredby its favorite food. GENUS Lophodytes cucullatus {
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