. Birds of North Carolina . rown,niore or less washed or margined with bnlTy or bnlTy oehraceous; belly while; lower belly and\inder tail-coverts tinged with oehraceous; an indistinct bluLsh-gi-ay band aexoss end of , l.».(H); ; Tar., ).): H., ). —Ihis species is frequent 1\- confused with the Canvasback, from which it may bedistinguished by the characters given uiidir that species. The female Itedhcad suggests the female Uing-neck in coloration, but the latter is browner,and thev can be also distinsuishcd with certainty by the diflferencc in their size. (Chap
. Birds of North Carolina . rown,niore or less washed or margined with bnlTy or bnlTy oehraceous; belly while; lower belly and\inder tail-coverts tinged with oehraceous; an indistinct bluLsh-gi-ay band aexoss end of , l.».(H); ; Tar., ).): H., ). —Ihis species is frequent 1\- confused with the Canvasback, from which it may bedistinguished by the characters given uiidir that species. The female Itedhcad suggests the female Uing-neck in coloration, but the latter is browner,and thev can be also distinsuishcd with certainty by the diflferencc in their size. (Chap., A.) liiuKjc.—-North America, breeds from northern United States northward, winters from Mary-land to Mexico. Range in Xorlh Carolina.—Coastal region in winter. To the market-hunter of the North (^arolina coast the U(>dhead is an exceedinglyiniporttmt bird. Coming, as it does, in immense flocks in the early auttnnn andremaining usually throughout the winter, the fine quality of the flesh and the oppor-. Descriptive List 71 tunities of taking it in large numbers present a field for gunnery eagerly entered byhundreds of coastwise people. They are generally shot over decoys, either from afloating battery or blind. At night they frequently raft in great numbers, and fromCore Sound especially come many complaints that gunners illegally shoot them bymeans of a light shining from the prow of the boat. As many as one hundred andfifty are thus at times slaughtered in one night from a single boat. As yet theState has failed to provide sufficient funds to employ an ample warden force tosuppress these violations, and as long as the sale of game is legalized, this tremen-dous killing will doubtless continue.
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