. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions, or, The Swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America [microform] : with accounts of their habits, nesting, migrations, and dispersions, together with descriptions of the adults and young, and keys for the ready identification of the species : a book for the sportsman, and for those desirous of knowing how to distinguish these web-footed birds and to learn their ways in their native wilds. Waterfowl; Game and game-birds; Gibier d'eau; Gibier. pp V \ 280 u^ATEK i-oirr. This genus contains only three species, widely separated :
. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions, or, The Swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America [microform] : with accounts of their habits, nesting, migrations, and dispersions, together with descriptions of the adults and young, and keys for the ready identification of the species : a book for the sportsman, and for those desirous of knowing how to distinguish these web-footed birds and to learn their ways in their native wilds. Waterfowl; Game and game-birds; Gibier d'eau; Gibier. pp V \ 280 u^ATEK i-oirr. This genus contains only three species, widely separated : one the North American, which, however, is found also throughout the northern pan of the Northern Hemisphere ; one from South America; and one from Kerguclen Island. The American Sprigtail is a gracefully formed bird, and although its neck may seem disproportionately long, it does not appear so when the bird is quietly swimming along intently seeking its food. The Sprigtail is mainly a fresh-wat^. l)uck. and although it is found (m the sea-coast, yet even there it seeks the bays and sounds where the water is brackish. It goes at times in large flocks, and consorts frequently with the Widgeon, the two species fly- ing about together. GENUS QUEROUEDULA (Latin Qiierqucdiila, a kind of Te«l). Querquedula, Steph. Gen. Zou]., vol. xii , pt. ii., 1824, p. 142. Type Afias querquedula, Linn. Bill about as long as head, longer than tarsus; narrow, sides parallel; greatest width more than one-third length of culmen. Tail pointed. Head not crested. Two of the four species belonging to this genus are found in North America The males in full dress are very handscnne birds and strikingly different in the coitjr of their plumage from other Ducks. The habits of these teal and those of the genus Nettion are very similar. Both go in flocks of considerable size, have a swift, erratic flight, resort to like localities and seek the same kind of food. In addition to its attractive appearance, the Bl
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