. American duck shooting. Duck shooting; Ducks. lift'. STELLER'S DUCK. Eniconetta stelleri (Pall.). In the adult male, most of the head and upper portion of neck are satiny white; the space between base of bill and eye and the tuft running across the back of the head, dark olive-green. The space about the eye, chin and throat, and band about the lower neck, the middle of the back, the long shoulder feathers, tertiaries and secondaries, glossy blue-black. The rump, upper tail- coverts and tail, somewhat duller black. The scapulars are streaked lengthwise with white, while the tertiaries have th
. American duck shooting. Duck shooting; Ducks. lift'. STELLER'S DUCK. Eniconetta stelleri (Pall.). In the adult male, most of the head and upper portion of neck are satiny white; the space between base of bill and eye and the tuft running across the back of the head, dark olive-green. The space about the eye, chin and throat, and band about the lower neck, the middle of the back, the long shoulder feathers, tertiaries and secondaries, glossy blue-black. The rump, upper tail- coverts and tail, somewhat duller black. The scapulars are streaked lengthwise with white, while the tertiaries have the inner webs of the feathers fully white, and the secondaries are tipped with white. The wing-coverts, some of the scapulars and the sides of the back are white. The quills of the wing are dull black, while the lower parts are rusty-reddish, darkest in the middle of 195. 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 Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938. New York, Forest and stream pub. co
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