. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ma. This species,which is also known as the Sprig-tail, is verycommon in the United States in thespring and fall migrations. It is aboutthirty inches long, its length depend-ing upon the development of the tailfeathers, the central ones of which arelong and pointed. They breed casual-ly in many sections of the UnitedStates, but in abundance from Mani-toba to the Arctic Ocean. They nestnear the water, laying from six totwelve eggs of dull oliv
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ma. This species,which is also known as the Sprig-tail, is verycommon in the United States in thespring and fall migrations. It is aboutthirty inches long, its length depend-ing upon the development of the tailfeathers, the central ones of which arelong and pointed. They breed casual-ly in many sections of the UnitedStates, but in abundance from Mani-toba to the Arctic Ocean. They nestnear the water, laying from six totwelve eggs of dull olive color. x Data. — Grahams Island,Devils Lake, N. Dakota, June 15, eggs. Nest on the ground, ofweeds, lined with down. Colony breed-ing. Collector, E. S. Bryant. 94 LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS 144. Wood Duck. Aix sponsa. Range.—Temperate North America, breedingfrom Labrador and British Columbia south toFlorida. Bridal Duck is a name often given to this, themost beautiful of all Ducks. They are beautifully marked, have a large crest,and are iridescent with all colors of the frequent wooded country near ponds and. Rich buff lakes, feeding on water insects and mollusks inthe coves. They build their nests in hollow treesand stumps, often at quite a distance from thewater. When the young are a few days old, theyslide, scramble, or flutter down the tree trunk tothe ground below, and are led to the water. Thenest is made of twigs, weeds and grass, and warm-ly lined with down. The eggs are a buff colorand number eight to fifteen. Size 2. x [145.] Rufous-crested Duck. Netta rufina.
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