. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. CAMPTOLiEMUS LABRADORIUS : LABRADOR DUCK. 321 head, white, with a black collar and lengthwise coronal stripe. Female plumbeous gray. About 2 feet long; extent, ; wing, One of the earliest notices of this rather celebrated duck, a portrait of which adorns the title-page of Pen- nant's Arctic Zoology, published in 1785, speaks of it. Fig. 68. — Labrador Duck. as having been sent from Connecticut to Mrs. Black- burn, an English lady best known to our ornith
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. CAMPTOLiEMUS LABRADORIUS : LABRADOR DUCK. 321 head, white, with a black collar and lengthwise coronal stripe. Female plumbeous gray. About 2 feet long; extent, ; wing, One of the earliest notices of this rather celebrated duck, a portrait of which adorns the title-page of Pen- nant's Arctic Zoology, published in 1785, speaks of it. Fig. 68. — Labrador Duck. as having been sent from Connecticut to Mrs. Black- burn, an English lady best known to our ornithologists by the association of her name with one of our most beautiful Warblers. The Duck appears to have formerly been a common bird, but it has become exceedingly rare, and the species is supposed to be near 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 Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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