. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. Ill RUFF. PaVONLI'. PL'GXAX. Char. Upi)cr parts vnrial)lc, but usually mottled black, chestnut, buff, and ^rav; lower hack dark brown, with uiari;iii of cliestnul or buff, wings and tail dusky brown; iicck and breast buff; liclly didl wliitc. During the mating '-ca-on — Mav and June — the male drops the leathers from the sides of the face, and nddi-li warts appear there; at this time, al
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. Ill RUFF. PaVONLI'. PL'GXAX. Char. Upi)cr parts vnrial)lc, but usually mottled black, chestnut, buff, and ^rav; lower hack dark brown, with uiari;iii of cliestnul or buff, wings and tail dusky brown; iicck and breast buff; liclly didl wliitc. During the mating '-ca-on — Mav and June — the male drops the leathers from the sides of the face, and nddi-li warts appear there; at this time, also, lie wears a shield like crciiile ruff, — whence the name. Length about I 2 inches. iWfit. On a dry knoll in a swamp in the midsi of a clump of coarse grass or sedges ; a flight depression lined with dead grass. I'-KX'- i; l^ale oli%e or olive gray, spotted with reddish brown; X The Ruff is a distinctly Kuropcan species. — it is rare on the ,—but so many examples liavo been taken on this. 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 Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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