. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. L. BUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 295 Length, 22; wing, 11 (10A-11J); tail, 4i; tarsus, 2; culmen, 1|. Northern North America; breeding in Labrador and westward, and wintering south to Virginia, southern Illinois, and Lower California. ^3^B^ Surf Scoter 26. Surf Scoter (166. OicUmia perspicillata).—A black duck, with a square white blotch on the crown and a triangular one on the back neck. The orange and yellow bill has a round black spot on the side back of
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. L. BUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 295 Length, 22; wing, 11 (10A-11J); tail, 4i; tarsus, 2; culmen, 1|. Northern North America; breeding in Labrador and westward, and wintering south to Virginia, southern Illinois, and Lower California. ^3^B^ Surf Scoter 26. Surf Scoter (166. OicUmia perspicillata).—A black duck, with a square white blotch on the crown and a triangular one on the back neck. The orange and yellow bill has a round black spot on the side back of the nostril. The feath- ers on the culmen extend forward almost to the nostril, while those on the side of bill do not. The female is almost every- where sooty-brown, paler below, and wdiitish on the belly; the sides of the head have whitish spots at base of bill and on cheeks. The female has not such a bulg- ing base of bill nor such an extension of feathers on the culmen. (Sea Coot.) Length, 20; wing, 9£ (9-10); tail, 4; tarsus, If; culmen, 1|. North- ern North America, on coasts and inland waters ; breeding from the Gulf of St. Lawrence northward, and wintering south to Virginia and the Ohio River, and casually to Florida. 27. Ruddy Duck (167. Erismatura rhbida). — A small, com- mon, and, in full dress, brightly colored, black-crowned, white- cheeked, chestnut- backed duck, with wavy white and gray breast and un- der parts, and a short, black tail of narrow, stiff, sharp- pointed feathers. The female (also the male as usually found) has a dull reddish-brown Ruddy Duck . . . ., back, grayisn-wnite cheeks with a dusky bar extending back from the bill, and the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, Austin Craig, 1838- [from old catalog]. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book compa
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