. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . s. and 111. soutliward. BLACK-BELLIED TREE DUCK 177. Demhocygna autuinnalis. 22 in. Legs and neck long; bill and feet pinkish; eye brown;head and neck chietly gray; breasL and back brownish;belly and under tail coverts, black; wing-coverts whiteand gray. These peculiar shapetl ducks are not rare incertain localities along the Rio Grande in SoutlieniTexas, and are abundant in Mexico and Central Amer-ica. They are not timid and are frequently caught anddomesticated. They can walk and run gracefully, andoften feed in g
. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . s. and 111. soutliward. BLACK-BELLIED TREE DUCK 177. Demhocygna autuinnalis. 22 in. Legs and neck long; bill and feet pinkish; eye brown;head and neck chietly gray; breasL and back brownish;belly and under tail coverts, black; wing-coverts whiteand gray. These peculiar shapetl ducks are not rare incertain localities along the Rio Grande in SoutlieniTexas, and are abundant in Mexico and Central Amer-ica. They are not timid and are frequently caught anddomesticated. They can walk and run gracefully, andoften feed in grain fields at considerable distance fro;.iwater; they also eat shoots and seeds of aquatic the Wood Duck, they nest in hollow trees, oftenat some distance from water, and, as soon as the youngappear, help them to the ground and lead them to thewater. Notes.—A loud, shrill whistle. Nest.—Usually lined with down, in cavities of hollowtrees; the 6 to 15 eggs are pure white ();JMay, Range.—Found in the United States only in theSouthern part of 10!)
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