. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. f I , oi Loi'ii rare to \rctic re- , and tlic ic Bay of ^ion. In switt cur- K)l at ihc 1 estuaries sc. Tluir cy arc iu)l only, and of till' Hay a-ar to be ave rcprc- ,ml usually iK in wari- 1 ail's Hay. ⢠a dan-it r- \ce for two spofd,. OLD LONG-TAILKI) DICK. S( ;()L" IIII'.KLV. ( (»CK.\\Vrâ¢.Iâ¢.. ( ll\ \I,1>. C' Male: hark, rumii, and tail black, the cent
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. f I , oi Loi'ii rare to \rctic re- , and tlic ic Bay of ^ion. In switt cur- K)l at ihc 1 estuaries sc. Tluir cy arc iu)l only, and of till' Hay a-ar to be ave rcprc- ,ml usually iK in wari- 1 ail's Hay. ⢠a dan-it r- \ce for two spofd,. OLD LONG-TAILKI) DICK. S( ;()L" IIII'.KLV. ( (»CK.\\Vrâ¢.Iâ¢.. ( ll\ \I,1>. C' Male: hark, rumii, and tail black, the central tail-feaiiicr-; very long; crown and nick white; checks brownish ;j;rav. and belmv ihc Ljray a ])atch of brown : breast and vvin^is black, the wings varied with white ; bcllv white ; bill i)ale pink, nail and base black ; legs and feet learkii blue, tlie webs darker, 'th 20 to 23 inches; middle tail-feathers S ;.^ (> inches, i'hc female has tlu crown and npper parts dark ltp>wn ; a').â k .strij)c behind the eyes; under jKirts white; tail without long tiathrr .\;7. Concealed under a i>, soiiutinies amid i tussock . 1 od< herbage, â made of a few wi. ed-stenis .inil some grass, and thicklv !i .Ld with down. AV;'J- 5-7; i)ale gravi^h green, soinetiines greenish buff: ::.io '' f ;o This clcj^ant and !i\- 1 )i!( k, known >o Lcencrallv in liit Soiitlu-rn St;Ucs by the nickname of *' ,"' from its nolo, and in most other p;trts by the a|ipellati()n of " ()I<1 Stpiaws," or Old \\'i\; is ;in .\rctic inhabitant of botli con- tinents, and aboiniils in the ,i,daci:d si as of America, where it is seen commonly associated with the liider, Snrf. lli.'c k, ;ind other Ducks of congenial liabits, who inv;iriably prefer the frail but, to them, ])roductive dominion of the sea to the land or its more peaceful w;iters. So stionu' is the â¢iiredilection f)f. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned
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