. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . AYTHYA AMERICANA (Eyt.).Red^head Duck. Adult 7nale: Head and neck brownish chestnut; lower neck and upper breast black-ish ; back apparently grayish being pencilled with wavy lines of black; speculum grayish;upper feathers edged with black, the rest narrowly tipped with white. Length, 21 ; Wing, ; Tarsus, ; Bill, Adtilt female : Bill bluish showing an indistinct bar near the end; head and neck reddishbrown, palest on the sides of the head, becoming ashy on the sides of the head ; up
. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . AYTHYA AMERICANA (Eyt.).Red^head Duck. Adult 7nale: Head and neck brownish chestnut; lower neck and upper breast black-ish ; back apparently grayish being pencilled with wavy lines of black; speculum grayish;upper feathers edged with black, the rest narrowly tipped with white. Length, 21 ; Wing, ; Tarsus, ; Bill, Adtilt female : Bill bluish showing an indistinct bar near the end; head and neck reddishbrown, palest on the sides of the head, becoming ashy on the sides of the head ; upper throatwhite; breast and sides brownish ; belly white; under tail coverts and lower belly sometimeswashed with pale brownish. Length, ; Wing, ; Tarsus, ; Bill, This is rather a Western species, as it breeds very rai-ely on the Atlanticcoast of the United States. It is common in the West breeding from KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 227 Minnesota northward. It ranges in winter south to the Northern WestIndies and occasional!}occurs in Florida, although not in any great
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