. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . Sff. Taken at Buckeye by the Author. A FAVORITE BEEDING THE PINTAIL. 597 No. A. O. U. No. 143. Daflla acuta (Linn.).Synonym.—Sprig-Taii,. —Adult male: Head and upper neck hair-brown, darker orwarmer brown on top of head, with faint greenish or wine-purple iridescence onsides of occiput; a narrow white stripe from occiput obliquely backward anddownward to join white of breast; enclosed space on hind-neck blackish; fore-neck, breast and
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . Sff. Taken at Buckeye by the Author. A FAVORITE BEEDING THE PINTAIL. 597 No. A. O. U. No. 143. Daflla acuta (Linn.).Synonym.—Sprig-Taii,. —Adult male: Head and upper neck hair-brown, darker orwarmer brown on top of head, with faint greenish or wine-purple iridescence onsides of occiput; a narrow white stripe from occiput obliquely backward anddownward to join white of breast; enclosed space on hind-neck blackish; fore-neck, breast and belly white, faintly dusky-barred on lower belly; hind-neck, back,sides of breast, and sides finely wavy-barred dusky and white; posterior scapu-lars and tertiaries lanceolate, heavily striped, broadly with black, more narrowlywith buffy white, light brownish gray, and fuscous; rump and behind with mesialbrownish dusky and obscure wavy-barring of fuscous and whitish; central pairof tail-feathers much elongated, blackish or with metallic reflections; crissumwhite, separated from belly by dull white area and broad flank patches; wing-coverts plain brownish gray, the posterior row
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