. Birds of North Carolina . open sounds and bays. About Cape Hatteras it is known as the Knock Molly. Late on the evening of an exceedingly cold day in December, 1902, the writerentered Kitty Hawk Bay aboard a small sailing vessel. Scattered about the baywere noticed perhaps fifteen Old-squaw Ducks. They exhibited little disposition tofly and two specimens were shot from the boat. One of these was only boat was jibed and a short pursuit followed. The bird swam rapidly ahead,glancing frequently over its back, but did not attempt to dive.—Pearson. Wounded ducks of many species ar
. Birds of North Carolina . open sounds and bays. About Cape Hatteras it is known as the Knock Molly. Late on the evening of an exceedingly cold day in December, 1902, the writerentered Kitty Hawk Bay aboard a small sailing vessel. Scattered about the baywere noticed perhaps fifteen Old-squaw Ducks. They exhibited little disposition tofly and two specimens were shot from the boat. One of these was only boat was jibed and a short pursuit followed. The bird swam rapidly ahead,glancing frequently over its back, but did not attempt to dive.—Pearson. Wounded ducks of many species are to be found in North Carolina waters inthe spring after the iiorthward flight has passed. At New Inlet, on May 13, 1898,Pearson secured such a bird, an Old-squaw in perfect summer plumage. Thespecimen is now in the State Museum. This species may be regarded as very rare inland. Cairns took a male in Bun-combe County in 1897. One was killed in Wake County in the winter of 1909-10and brought in the flesh to C. S. .51. KiN-r; Eider (adult male). Genus Somateria (Leach)61. Somateria spectabilis (Linn.). King Eider. Ad. <f.—Region about base of upper mandible and a large V-shaped mark on throat black:top of head bluish gray; cheeks gi-eenish; neck all around white; front and sides of breastcreamy buff; upper back, .sides of rump, and wing-coverts white; rest of plumage black. —Head and buffy ochraceous, the former streaked with black; back black, thefeathers widely margined with ochraceous or rufous; underparts varying from brownish grayto fuscous, more or less washed, especially on breast, with ochraceous or rufous. Im.—Palerand with less ochraceous. L., ; W., ; Tar., ; B., Remarks.—The adult male of this species may at once be known by its bluish gray headand the V-shaped mark on its tliroat. Females and young birds resemble those of the twoother species of eider, but are to be distinguished by the generally unstrea
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