. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. I ) { I 264 I''ociAi. <;KAi,i-A'i"om;s â limkoL/K. Lloiinatwl iiiiitT Hi'coiiiliiiii'H ilark lnuwii, ednfJ wiili niroiiN-lniH, iiiiil initihfil with nifoun ; greater wiii;;-tiiviil-' ilull fiirtliy },'iuy, lnuailly lipipcil wiili wliiic ; iiuiliitii mul siiiallii-^â¢l)Vtâ¢Iâ t^;iayi>«h imH'; rliiii dirty wiiitr ; siiK's nl' hcail, mck, ami luiant dark Imll ; fluiikM wuahtii witii laiH" (Shaiu'K iV Dkkmnkh). /'dk/ii/ ynumi: â¢'HiiMy jollow, luurkttl black, e«]H'i'ially o
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. I ) { I 264 I''ociAi. <;KAi,i-A'i"om;s â limkoL/K. Lloiinatwl iiiiitT Hi'coiiiliiiii'H ilark lnuwii, ednfJ wiili niroiiN-lniH, iiiiil initihfil with nifoun ; greater wiii;;-tiiviil-' ilull fiirtliy },'iuy, lnuailly lipipcil wiili wliiic ; iiuiliitii mul siiiallii-^â¢l)Vtâ¢Iâ t^;iayi>«h imH'; rliiii dirty wiiitr ; siiK's nl' hcail, mck, ami luiant dark Imll ; fluiikM wuahtii witii laiH" (Shaiu'K iV Dkkmnkh). /'dk/ii/ ynumi: â¢'HiiMy jollow, luurkttl black, e«]H'i'ially oii crown ami nmi|p ; a iiaiinw *trt'ak thiinij,'h tlic i-yr, winx-jttiiitH, fbuuku, and belly. li),'ht ydlDwisli" ( »& 1)iu;.;u). WiiiK, !).s(i; ciiiuiL-ii, (i-».!».">; tarsus J hi»-;»mO; middlu toe, :i.(t(»-:!.l2. The Hliick-tailfd ijodwit claims a jilarc in tlif t'aiiiia of Noitii Aiiicrifa only as an ut'cidciital visitant ol' (irrfiilainl. It is an inlialiitant ol tlic Old World, lii-ci'din.: only in tlic more nortlicrn portions, but not within hi;,'li Arctic rcf,'ions. It is almovi exclusively ini'^ratory in reedinj,'-i,'roumls in hii;li northern latitudes. In the autumn it is more ahundant than in the sprin;^. on account uf the lar|,'e numlier of yoim^' liirds of tin' year ,i,'oin^' south, for the lirst time, to theii winter- the large size, as well as the peculiar action, of this hird when it is lireedin;,'. are sure to uttraet the notice hoth id' the sportsman and the e;ht duriiif,'the it is said to rescmhle the Tntiimis ruHtlri.': of Kurope; ami like that hird it Hies, when lirecdini;. arouinl the hcail td'any intruder in the marsh, imt in more distant circles, and at a min-h ;;'reater in the air. li is known .in the rural districts of Kn^land l»y the Uu-al name cd' â¢â¢Shricker;" hut in Varrell's opinion it does mit deserve the name, for its note, thouj^li loud,
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