. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. 332 ANATID^ : SWANS, GEESE, AND DUCKS. RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. Mergus serrator L. Chars. Nostrils sub-basal: frontal feathers not reaching beyond those on sides of bill; a long, thin, pointed crest in both sexes. Smaller than the foregoing ; wing, General coloration and sexual differences the same, but male with the jugulum and forebreast rich reddish-brown streaked with black ; sides of the body conspicuously and finely waved with black ; a white, black
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. 332 ANATID^ : SWANS, GEESE, AND DUCKS. RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. Mergus serrator L. Chars. Nostrils sub-basal: frontal feathers not reaching beyond those on sides of bill; a long, thin, pointed crest in both sexes. Smaller than the foregoing ; wing, General coloration and sexual differences the same, but male with the jugulum and forebreast rich reddish-brown streaked with black ; sides of the body conspicuously and finely waved with black ; a white, black- bordered mark in front of the wing, which is crossed by two black Fig. yi—Red-breasted Merganser, with Outline of Bill from above. This is the commonest one of the three, especially along the coast. The figure represents the bill of natural size, and shows the sub-basal position of the nostrils, which are more median in M. merganser. The nest IS placed on the ground; carefully concealed in rank herbage; it is neatly constructed of mosses, lichens, hay and seaweeds, and warmly lined with down from the parent's breast. The eggs are some nine or ten in number, of a fine creamy buff color, oval or ellipsoidal, measuring about X 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 Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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