. How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped according to size and color. Ducks; Geese; Swans; Birds. GROUP V. Birds having wings from 10 to 12 inches long.* Section 1. Bill, narrow, with tooth=like serrations. Side of bill. Top of bill. Merganser americana. Head and neck, greenish black; under parts, cream white, tinged with salmon color; feet, red. American merganser. Slieldrake. Merganser americana (male). See page 37. Head, rufous brown; upper throat, white; feet, orange red. American merganser. Sheldrake. Merganser americana {female). See page 3
. How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped according to size and color. Ducks; Geese; Swans; Birds. GROUP V. Birds having wings from 10 to 12 inches long.* Section 1. Bill, narrow, with tooth=like serrations. Side of bill. Top of bill. Merganser americana. Head and neck, greenish black; under parts, cream white, tinged with salmon color; feet, red. American merganser. Slieldrake. Merganser americana (male). See page 37. Head, rufous brown; upper throat, white; feet, orange red. American merganser. Sheldrake. Merganser americana {female). See page 37. Section 2. Bill, not narrow ; hind toe, without membrane- ous lobe or flap; belly, white, sometimes faintly tinged with dusky or gray on lower Axillars, white; the shafts, white; exposed specu- lum, black and white; head, tawny brown; cheeks and throat, tawny, speckled with brown. Qadwall. Creek Duck. Anas strepera (male). See page 44. ^^ * For directions, etc., sec page 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 Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921. Boston, For sale by Little, Brown & Co.
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