. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 304 LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS â LONGIPENNES. t i 5 ii' t \ ^m !, renmiiiing quills light silvery gray, the inner web Ijroadly etlgoil with while. Lateral and Iowlt part of head and neck (including lower hall' of the lores and extreme lower part of tlie nape), with entire lower parts, pure white, strongly tinged in fresh specimens with delicate rose-pink. ISill black (reddish basally, in life) ; iris l)rown ; legs and feet briglit red (in life). Adult in v:intir: Similar, but forehead and anterior part o
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 304 LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS â LONGIPENNES. t i 5 ii' t \ ^m !, renmiiiing quills light silvery gray, the inner web Ijroadly etlgoil with while. Lateral and Iowlt part of head and neck (including lower hall' of the lores and extreme lower part of tlie nape), with entire lower parts, pure white, strongly tinged in fresh specimens with delicate rose-pink. ISill black (reddish basally, in life) ; iris l)rown ; legs and feet briglit red (in life). Adult in v:intir: Similar, but forehead and anterior part of crown white, the latter shaded with grayish and inilis-. Summer plumage. tinctly streaked with darker ; orbital region, occiput, and upper part of nape uniform black. Young, first â plurtuu/e: Pileum and nape pale buffy grayish, finely mottled or sprinkled with darker, and streaked, especially on the crown, with dusky ; orbital and auricular regions dusky blackish ; remainder of the head, extreme lower part nf the nape, and entire lower parts, white, tlie nape, ainl sometimes the sides of the breast, finely mottled with bully gray. Back, scapulars, wing-covcils, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail, pale pearl-blue, the back and scapulars overlaid with pale bulf, I £ ' I H.}. 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 Baird, Spencer F. , 1823-1887; Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880. Boston : Little, Brown
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