. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . ack-BackedGull .... Skua Pomarine Jaeger Leachs Petrel . Fulmar .... Greater Shearwater Yellow-Nosed Alba-tross Greater Snow Goose American White-Fronted Goose . Canada Goose . , Brant Page166172180188194 197205213218220227230 234236241244246248 252 25s257263269272 277281 284285293 ILLUSTRATIONS. IX No. Page 144. Shoveller 300 145. Gadwall 307 146. Pintail 309 147. Baldpate 311 148. Widgeon 313 149. Wood Duck .... 317 150. Green-Winged Teal . 321 151. American Eider . 324 152. Surf Scoter .... 331 153. Redhead 340 154. America
. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . ack-BackedGull .... Skua Pomarine Jaeger Leachs Petrel . Fulmar .... Greater Shearwater Yellow-Nosed Alba-tross Greater Snow Goose American White-Fronted Goose . Canada Goose . , Brant Page166172180188194 197205213218220227230 234236241244246248 252 25s257263269272 277281 284285293 ILLUSTRATIONS. IX No. Page 144. Shoveller 300 145. Gadwall 307 146. Pintail 309 147. Baldpate 311 148. Widgeon 313 149. Wood Duck .... 317 150. Green-Winged Teal . 321 151. American Eider . 324 152. Surf Scoter .... 331 153. Redhead 340 154. American Scaup Duck 343 155. Buffle-Head .... 347 156. Harlequin Duck . • 352 157. Old Squaw .... 355 158. Hooded Merganser . 363 No. Page 159. Cormorant .... 369 160. Gannet 375 161. Red-Billed Tropic Bird 381 162. Horned Grebe . . 383 163. Pied-Billed Grebe . 386 164. Loon 388 165. Red-Throated Loon . 393 166. Black Guillemot . 395 167. Murre 398 168. Brunnichs Murre . 401 169. Dovekie 403 170. Puffin 406 171. Razor-Billed Auk . 410 172. Great Auk .... 414. PASSENGER PIGEON. WILD MIGRATORIUS. Char. Above, grayish blue, deeper on head and rump, back tingedwith brown; primaries blackish with border of pale blue; middle tail-feathers dusky, the remainder shading through blue to white ; neck withmetallic reflections of golden purple and wine color; under parts brown-ish red with a purple tint shading through purplish pink to white. JVest. In tree, — a frail platform of twigs. E^gs. I or 2; dull white; X The Wild Pigeon of America, so wonderful for its gregarioushabits, is met with more or legs according to circumstancesVOL. II. — 1 2 PIGEON TRIBE. from Mexico to Hudson Bay, in which inhospitable regionit is seen even in December, weathering the severity of thecUmate with indifference, and supporting itself upon themeagre buds of the jupiper when the ground is hidden byinundating snows. To the west it is found to the base of theNorthern Andes, or Rocky
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