. A history of the game birds, wild fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states, including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . springs from the water it may be recognized by the dis-tinct whistling sounds made by its wings in its sudden effortto escape danger. The only specimen I ever killed was one ofa pair which passed me on a high wind at such speed that
. A history of the game birds, wild fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states, including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . springs from the water it may be recognized by the dis-tinct whistling sounds made by its wings in its sudden effortto escape danger. The only specimen I ever killed was one ofa pair which passed me on a high wind at such speed that thesecond bird was beyond gunshot before I could cover it anddischarge the second barrel. It associates with the LesserScaup and feeds on similar food. Minnows, snails, tadpoles,frogs, crayfish, the roots of aquatic plants and many seeds areeaten. 1 It should be noted, however, that Boardman states in his Catalogue of the Birds found in thevicinity of Calais, Me., and about the islands in the Bay of Fundy, that the Ring-necked Duckdoes not breed in that region; but Mr. Knight writes me that he visited Mr. Boardman twice andthat the statement as it appears in The Birds of Maine was taken from Boardmans last revision ofhis own field notes. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 129 GOLDEN-EYE (Clangula clangula americana).Common or local names: Whistler; Female. Male. Length. — 17 to ^O inches. Adult Male. — Head and upper neck dark green (appearing black in thefield except at close range in good light); slightly crested; a roimdishspot below and in front of eye white; middle of back and tail black;entire under parts (except throat), neck all round and sides of upperback white; wing quills black, much of them covered with white offore wing when closed, wing showing a broad patch of white whenspread; iris yellow; bill blackish, tipped with orange; feet orange or yel-low, with dusky webs. Adult Female. — Head and upper neck cinnamon brown, with no white spot;back and wi
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