. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. watTM AMD awm of !. Its. Nrrt and Bou or Man-o'-War Bird (Prom TAt Nidologi$t). BMb, from nesting nialerial added each time it was used. Smooth as it appears Mr. Bryant obtained an egg from it on February 13,1888. The principal feeding ground was out at sea, but an opportunity was never lost to rob the Cormorants, both of fish and materials brought for their aests. The Cormorants' rookery was in the iwme locality. An unmistakable odor of guano pervaded the rookeries and was noticeabl? h hundree' ya
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. watTM AMD awm of !. Its. Nrrt and Bou or Man-o'-War Bird (Prom TAt Nidologi$t). BMb, from nesting nialerial added each time it was used. Smooth as it appears Mr. Bryant obtained an egg from it on February 13,1888. The principal feeding ground was out at sea, but an opportunity was never lost to rob the Cormorants, both of fish and materials brought for their aests. The Cormorants' rookery was in the iwme locality. An unmistakable odor of guano pervaded the rookeries and was noticeabl? h hundree' yards awny to leeward. 120. AMEBICAM MEXIGANSEB. Mvtffaiiarr (tmcricanuH (Cass.) Qeog. Dist.—North America generally. The Sheldrake, Uoosunder or Merganser, as it is variously called, is a common bird throughout North America, bree(S!ng from »he Northern States northward. It has lately been found breeding in New Mexico; Mr N. S. Goss having seen a female with four little ones July 2. ii the Pecos River.* Is very abundant on fresh as well as salt waters in spring and fall. The three species of Mergansers or Sheldrakes with the "saw-bUl" aro commonly called "Fish ; Their flesh is rank and unpalatable. The malo may be recognized by Iiis laic^^ Ei::e, white breast and green gloHH on the head and nerk, the latter scarcely crested; the female, which is much smaller than the male, has a deep red hcud and neck, with the crest bettor de- veloped: tinder par'«lted l». the latter part of May or the first of .Itine. The eggs are 6 or 8 and sometimes 10 In number, of yellowish or buff color, anu measure from to by to Mr. A, H. (^all found u nest of this species on West River, a few miles below Newfane. Vt. It was in a hollow tree about Sfi feet above the river and 6 or 8 feet below the top of the en- trance. This was on May 14, and the nest contained sixteen well incubated • Aul<. Vol. IV, 11. 344. t Tlio N' t, March, 18
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