. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . 130. Red-breasted Merganser. Mergus ser- rator Range.—North America, breeding from north-ern United States northward. This species is more abundant than the pre-ceding. It is slightly smaller, being 22 inches inlength, and the male is crested. Found abundant-ly in the United States in winter. Breeds com-monly in the interior of British America and inLabrador and Newfoundland. They make theirnests on the ground, near the water, concealingthem
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . 130. Red-breasted Merganser. Mergus ser- rator Range.—North America, breeding from north-ern United States northward. This species is more abundant than the pre-ceding. It is slightly smaller, being 22 inches inlength, and the male is crested. Found abundant-ly in the United States in winter. Breeds com-monly in the interior of British America and inLabrador and Newfoundland. They make theirnests on the ground, near the water, concealingthem under rocks or tufts of grass. The nest ismade of grasses, leaves and moss and lined withfeathers. They lay, generally, about ten eggs ofa buffy or greenish buff color. Size x —Lake Manitoba, N. W. Canada. Two eggsin a hollow lined with down, under a patch of rosebushes near shore. Collector, Jos. Hamaugh. 131. Hooded cucullatus. Range.—-North America, breeding locally through-out its range, in the interior. These are beautiful Hooded Merganser Mallard. W little Ducks distinguished from all others by the semi-circular, compressedcrest which is black with an enclosed white area. They make their nests inhollow trees, in wooded districts near the water, lining the cavity withgrasses and down. They lay ten or twelve grayish white eggs. Size x 132. Mallard. Anas platyrhynchos. Range.—Northern Hemisphere, breeding in America from northern UnitedStates northward, and wintering south to Panama and the West Indies. Contrasting with the preceding Pish Ducks, the Mallards are regarded asone of the most esteemed table birds. They feed on mollusks and marineinsects which they generally reach by tipping in shallow water. They nest inmany localities in the United States but more abundantly north of our nest in fields in close proximity to ponds or lakes, placing their nestsof grasses and feathers in the tall grass. In May and
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