. How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped according to size and color. Ducks; Geese; Swans; Birds. DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NOllTH AMERICA. 51 Genus DAFILA Stephens. DAFILA ACUTA {Linn.). Pintail. Sprigtail. tlic lunlc, liiit liroiiil and ami pale lii'cnvii; lireast. Adult male: Bill, lead color, the base and a stripe along the culmen, black ; head and neck, rich brown, sometimes showing a taint gloss of green on the leathers; sides of the neek showing a stripe of wliite, and a stripe of lilaek extemling do^ii tlie back of tlie neck; under parts,
. How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped according to size and color. Ducks; Geese; Swans; Birds. DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NOllTH AMERICA. 51 Genus DAFILA Stephens. DAFILA ACUTA {Linn.). Pintail. Sprigtail. tlic lunlc, liiit liroiiil and ami pale lii'cnvii; lireast. Adult male: Bill, lead color, the base and a stripe along the culmen, black ; head and neck, rich brown, sometimes showing a taint gloss of green on the leathers; sides of the neek showing a stripe of wliite, and a stripe of lilaek extemling do^ii tlie back of tlie neck; under parts, white, sliowing faint. «'avy, fine lines of dnskj' on tlie sides ; erissum, Idaek, edged with white; central tail feathers, very much elongated in the male; feet, lead color. Length, 28; wing, ; tail, 7; liill, 2. Adult female: Tail feathers, not so mueli elongated as iu pointed ; crown and sides of the head, streaked with dusky spotted with dark hrown or black; under parts, white; abdomen and sides showing faint lines of dusky: under wdng coverts, fuscous, edged with white ; axillary plumes, white, barred with dark brown ; specvdum, graj'ish brown edged w ith white. Tlie immature male shows considerable variation in plumage, tlie under parts being usually more streaked or spotted than the adult female, which it otherwise somewhat resembles. Length, 2-2; wing, ; tail. (l: liill. 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 Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921. Boston, For sale by Little, Brown & Co.
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