. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. No. 25.] BIRD NAMES. 85 nuptial plumage was complete, or very nearly so, was dressed as follows: Head, neck, breast, and upper parts generally, deep chocolate brown intensified to pure black here and there; an irregularly outlined space of light mouse gray on each side of head, from bill backward to include the eye; the eye itself irregu- larly bordered with white; a patch of bright tan-colored feath- ers with black centres just behind neck on front of
. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. No. 25.] BIRD NAMES. 85 nuptial plumage was complete, or very nearly so, was dressed as follows: Head, neck, breast, and upper parts generally, deep chocolate brown intensified to pure black here and there; an irregularly outlined space of light mouse gray on each side of head, from bill backward to include the eye; the eye itself irregu- larly bordered with white; a patch of bright tan-colored feath- ers with black centres just behind neck on front of back, and feathers similarly colored sweeping from shoulder regions along the sides of the back. Under parts and sides, from the dark breast backward, white, this white tinged with pearly gray upon the sides, and meeting abruptly the deep tint of breast and upper plumage. Bill, legs, and long tail-feathers as in winter male, though light color of bill better described, perhaps, in this case as salmon pink * (a delicate tint that darkened in a few hours to reddish purple). Weight two No. 26. Female in winter. Adult female in winter. Head and most of neck white, * As this light color is not given as I describe it, in any of the books acces- sible to me at this writing, I will state that, so far as both bill and legs are concerned, my notes were made (in this case and in that of the winter drake) within ten minutes after the bird was 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 Trumbull, Gurdon, 1841-1903. New York, Harper
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