. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . eding in North America fromTexas to Hudson Bay and Alaska. Nest. — On ground in dry grass or under bushes, made of grass orweeds, lined with feathers, ^ggs : 9 to 14, olive greenish to buffy. The shoveller is especially common over the plains and valleys ofthe western part of the continent, breeding from Texas to northernAlaska in the open country where there are shallow ponds andsloughs. They are usually found in pairs or small flocks, sitting onthe bank or p
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . eding in North America fromTexas to Hudson Bay and Alaska. Nest. — On ground in dry grass or under bushes, made of grass orweeds, lined with feathers, ^ggs : 9 to 14, olive greenish to buffy. The shoveller is especially common over the plains and valleys ofthe western part of the continent, breeding from Texas to northernAlaska in the open country where there are shallow ponds andsloughs. They are usually found in pairs or small flocks, sitting onthe bank or puddling in the shallow water close to shore, skimmingflies and larvae from the surface with their spoon-like bills, or withhead and neck under water, sifting seeds, mollusks, and crustaceansfrom the muddy bottom. They rarely become fat, and while fairlygood eating are astonishingly thin and light for their apparent size. Vernon Bailey. GENUS DAPILA. 143. Daflla acuta (Linn.). Pintail. A large duck, with long neck and long, sharp tail of 16 feathers ; headnot crested. Adidt male : sides of head snuff brown, with a purple gloss ;. Fig. 70, crown darker, back of neck blackish, a white stripe down side of neck ;throat and under parts white ; sides and upper parts gray crossed by wa^^rlines ; wing slaty, with purple speculum bordered above by a line of buff,and below by white ; tertials with broad stripes of velvety black andwhite ; under tail coverts black. Adult female : gray, with head and neckfinely specked, and under parts, including under surface of wing, finelymottled with dusky; back and wings more heavily mottled with black,brown, and huffy ; wing without speculum, but greater coverts tippedwith white. Male: length 26-30, wing , bill , Female: smaller, length , wing , , tail
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