. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. HOODED MEROAXSKR. :. I>()i'H()i»\ri:s (. Char. Male: upper parts black; wings and tail with a brownish tinge; a triangular i)atch of white on the najie; under jiarts wiiite, the breast with two crescentic stri|)es of black, and sides varied with I'nes of yellowish brown ; bill leaden bine, with a white nail; legs dull red. Length about 19 inches. Kcniale i
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. HOODED MEROAXSKR. :. I>()i'H()i»\ri:s (. Char. Male: upper parts black; wings and tail with a brownish tinge; a triangular i)atch of white on the najie; under jiarts wiiite, the breast with two crescentic stri|)es of black, and sides varied with I'nes of yellowish brown ; bill leaden bine, with a white nail; legs dull red. Length about 19 inches. Kcniale is rather smaller; upper parts dark brown; crest reddish brown; under jjarts white; breast pale brown. A'est. In a hole in tree, or stunij), or fallen log, lined with grass and leaves covered with down. J'^- 5-1S (usually about S) ; ivory white; X 1-75. This elegant species is peniliar to North America, and in- habits the interior and northern parts of the fur countries to their utmost Hmits. It is also among the latest of the to quit those cold and desolate regions. It makes a nest of withered grass and feathers in retired and iinfretniented places, by the grassy borders of rivers and lakes. According to .Au- dubon, it also breeds aroimd the lagoons of the Ohio, and on the Great Northwestern Lakes of the interior. On the River St. Peters, in the 45th parallel, Mr. Say observed examples on the 18th of July, — no doubt in the same jjlace where they had. 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 Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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