. American duck shooting. Duck shooting; Ducks. RUFOUS-CRESTED DUCK. Netta ruHna ( Pall. ). The adult male has the sides of head and throat pur- plish-brown, darker on the throat, and changing to pale reddish at the front and base of the crest, becoming paler toward the tips of the feathers. The lower half of the neck, with a narrow strip running up the back of the neck to the head, the breast, belly, lower tail-coverts, upper tail-coverts and rump, black; darkest on the neck and breast, and with greenish reflections on upper tail- coverts. Back, grayish-brown, growing darker toward the rump.
. American duck shooting. Duck shooting; Ducks. RUFOUS-CRESTED DUCK. Netta ruHna ( Pall. ). The adult male has the sides of head and throat pur- plish-brown, darker on the throat, and changing to pale reddish at the front and base of the crest, becoming paler toward the tips of the feathers. The lower half of the neck, with a narrow strip running up the back of the neck to the head, the breast, belly, lower tail-coverts, upper tail-coverts and rump, black; darkest on the neck and breast, and with greenish reflections on upper tail- coverts. Back, grayish-brown, growing darker toward the rump. The scapulars, or shoulder feathers, brown- ish-yellow. Speculum, white tipped with gray. The bend of the wing, white, as are also the primaries, ex- cept the tips of some of the outer ones, which are gray- 115. 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 Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938. New York, Forest and stream pub. co
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