. How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped according to size and color. Ducks; Geese; Swans; Birds. DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NORTH AMEKICA. 73 Genus ENICONETTA Gray. ENICONEITA STELLERI. Stellers' Duck. Speciiil charaxters. Male: Greater portion of the top ami siile^i of the liead. wliite; troiil of the head, gi-eenigh; an olive green pateh on tlie oceipiit; a small luiteh ot lilue blacl; around the eye and another on each side of tlie oeciput; tliroat and a l)road collar around tlie neek, blue black; liack, dull blaek, shading into blue l)lack on
. How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped according to size and color. Ducks; Geese; Swans; Birds. DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NORTH AMEKICA. 73 Genus ENICONETTA Gray. ENICONEITA STELLERI. Stellers' Duck. Speciiil charaxters. Male: Greater portion of the top ami siile^i of the liead. wliite; troiil of the head, gi-eenigh; an olive green pateh on tlie oceipiit; a small luiteh ot lilue blacl; around the eye and another on each side of tlie oeciput; tliroat and a l)road collar around tlie neek, blue black; liack, dull blaek, shading into blue l)lack on the rumii and upper tail coverts; outer webs of scapulary plumes, glossy blue ))lack or purplisli; iiiuer welis, mostly wlnle; wing coverts, white; axillars, white; breast, whitish, liebjw the lilack collar shading into tawny bull and theu cliestuut brown becoming gradually darker, lower down, until the collar is smoky black on the lower abdomen; speculum, ])urplisli blue. Length, to 18; wing, 8 to ; bill, to ; angle of moutli to tip, Special charwters. Female: I'pper plumage, dusky mixed with fulvous; head anil neck, light brownisli, more or less speckled with dusky ; breast, tawiiy brown, barred and spotted with dusky; bell}', ilark, smoky brown or sooty lirown; speculum, showing tinge "i purplfsh blue, but not brilliant as in the male; wing <'Overts tippeil with buff gray or brownisli Geoeii-dfihiedl Distribution: -'Arctic and subarctic coasts of the Northeru llendsiihere, Aleutian Islands, east to UiKilaska and Kadiak: Iveuai ; (A. '). 1'.) Stellers" Duck is abuiulant in summev in Behiing Sea and winters in miiu- bers among the Aleutian Islands. It was oljserved l:>y Ktiinlien in Greenland in 1878. The eggs are usually from ; to nine, grayish green in color, and measure about x Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabil
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