. Report on the birds of Pennsylvania : with special reference to the food habits, based on over four thousand stomach examinations. Birds. 4>. iJIIiDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 45 neck " an,r,ni',lnt yellowish ; ,ns orange-yellow ; lower inches. â¢> winte CM wmgH. Length about 20 inches; extent about 31 .a^:'-r^ru:::":,:;; r'c^b'r'""^''-"'" *''''â¢"' -^^ "â â '«''"»" â¢-^-n-^ -"i- This han,,3 l«nl, called, ttsuully sportsmen, hum the .K^t that when %,âj, its win,.s make a whistling sound irUu l
. Report on the birds of Pennsylvania : with special reference to the food habits, based on over four thousand stomach examinations. Birds. 4>. iJIIiDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 45 neck " an,r,ni',lnt yellowish ; ,ns orange-yellow ; lower inches. â¢> winte CM wmgH. Length about 20 inches; extent about 31 .a^:'-r^ru:::":,:;; r'c^b'r'""^''-"'" *''''â¢"' -^^ "â â '«''"»" â¢-^-n-^ -"i- This han,,3 l«nl, called, ttsuully sportsmen, hum the .K^t that when %,âj, its win,.s make a whistling sound irUu lar and ra her common spri,,,. fall mi,.-aât, and ht winter i"is often ' "' 'he second- primkries gl,ssv black in ngof wZT """T ^r-'-^hlte ; upper surface of blue, legs brownish yellow, e^tZwJ'^rrrJ;."';' "f!-''' ^" <""''d'kin) dull inches. Female is smaller t ,ân ,,. \T i , l^ " '" '"''""'""' = """«"' »''0"t 24 and has head, nc^k pe "^ ^g^ X' iarkta'^hT'' """' "'"^'"^ "'"''«^' Of White patches on side., 'o\ held, baroTb^rr?::!;:,:; ^r' "'''" ""«'" '"- Mat:rt;:^a-r:r::i:;h:f:^i:7rarir^^^^^^ --- â -- This beautiful little duck, ..ommonly called Butter-ball, is frecuentlv met with cunn,. migrations about our rivers and mill-ponds The species IS however, much more common in autumn than^hân. the «.nter and spring. The BulHe-head, like the Grebe and Loon, wiUd ve at he flash ot a gun and swim, it is said, under the water with on y Is bill above the surface. Audubon says: "Their food is much vafiel according to situation. On the sea-coast, or in estauries, they d via S shrimps, small fry and bivalve shells, and in fresh wa er they feed on small cray-fish, leeches and snails, and even ; Li the stomachs of five of these ducks, which I have ex
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