. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . ll . . 246 132. Glaucous Gull . . 248 133- Great Black-Backed Gull 252 134. Skua 25s 135- PoMARiNE Jaeger . 257 136. Leachs Petrel . . 263 137. Fulmar 269 138. Greater Shearwater 272 139- Yellow-Nosed Alba- tross 277 140. Greater Snow Goose 281 141. American White- Fronted Goose . 284 142. Canada Goose . . 285 143- Brant 293 ILLUSTRATIONS. IX ass-ise. 157- 158. Page300 309311 321324331340 American Scaup Duck 343Buffle-Head • • . 347Harlequin Duck . 352Old Squaw • • • • 355Hooded
. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . ll . . 246 132. Glaucous Gull . . 248 133- Great Black-Backed Gull 252 134. Skua 25s 135- PoMARiNE Jaeger . 257 136. Leachs Petrel . . 263 137. Fulmar 269 138. Greater Shearwater 272 139- Yellow-Nosed Alba- tross 277 140. Greater Snow Goose 281 141. American White- Fronted Goose . 284 142. Canada Goose . . 285 143- Brant 293 ILLUSTRATIONS. IX ass-ise. 157- 158. Page300 309311 321324331340 American Scaup Duck 343Buffle-Head • • . 347Harlequin Duck . 352Old Squaw • • • • 355Hooded Merganser . 363 Shoveller .Gadwall .Pintail . .Baldpate .WidgeonWood DuckGreen-Winged TealAmerican Eider .Surf Scoter . .Redhead .... iVo. Cormorant . . Gannet Red-Billed Tropic Bird Horned Grebe . .Pied-Billed Grebe Loon Red-Throated LoonBlack Guillemot , MURRE Brunnichs Murre DOVEKIE Puffin Razor-Billed AukGreat Auk . „ Page369375 381383386388393395398401 403406410414. 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. Nest. In tree, — a frail platform of twigs. Eggs. I or 2; dull white; X The Wild Pigeon of America, so wonderful for its gregarioushabits, is met with more or less according to circumstances VOL. II. — 1 2 PIGEON TRIBE. from Mexico to Hudson Bay, in which inhospitable regionit is seen even in December, weathering the severity of theclimate with indifference, and supporting itself upon themeagre buds of the juniper when the ground is hidden byinundating snows. To the west it is found to the base of theNorthern Andes, or Rocky Mountains,
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