. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. DUCKS 139 dives like a Bash, and rarely conies well to decoys. It has learned to be extremely wary and cau- tious, but in stormy weather it often keeps close to shore, which gives the shore gunner his chance. It does not always dive fur its food, but sometimes dabbles in the mud along the shore with Blue-bills or other Ducks. Offshore il feeds largely on mussels, which it dislodges and brings up from the bottom, .\udubon found it feeding on crawfish on the Ohio River. Wayne says that in South Carolina a small mussel of salt or brackish water is its
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. DUCKS 139 dives like a Bash, and rarely conies well to decoys. It has learned to be extremely wary and cau- tious, but in stormy weather it often keeps close to shore, which gives the shore gunner his chance. It does not always dive fur its food, but sometimes dabbles in the mud along the shore with Blue-bills or other Ducks. Offshore il feeds largely on mussels, which it dislodges and brings up from the bottom, .\udubon found it feeding on crawfish on the Ohio River. Wayne says that in South Carolina a small mussel of salt or brackish water is its favorite food. Knight has observed it feeding on these and also on some vegetable substances. He states that it eats small fish and fry also, and along the coast it feeds on mussels and other moUusks; but Elliot believes that in the interior the Whistler feeds on vegetable matter, such as grasses and roots. \\ hen feeding there and when it first comes to the salt water, in autumn, the young are fairly tender and well-flavored, being about on a par with the Blue-bill as a table delicacy. Some of the residents of Cape Cod consider it sujierior to the Scoters. Nuttall says that it eats fresh-water vegetation, such as the roots of Equisetums and the seeds of some species of Polygonums. Edward Howe h'okitusii, in Game Birds. irHd-Fo'ti.'I and Shore Birds. BARROW'S GOLDEN-EYE Clangula islandica ( Giuelin) A. O, U. Number 152 Other Names.— Rocky Mountain Garrot; Rocky Mountain Golden-eye. Description.— : Coloration exactly as in Golden-eye except that the white sl^ot in front of eye IriiDKjle-shaped and white of wing is divided by a dark bar formed by bases of greater coverts ; averages larger than the Golden-eye; bill, differently shaped, being shorter and deeper at base. Adult Fem.^le: Indistinguishable froin the female Golden-eye in color but sejiarable by shape of bill. Nest and Eggs.— Nest; In hollow trees; made of grass, leaves, and weed stems and lined wit
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