. Hunting and fishing in Florida : including a key to the water birds known to occur in the State . inguishing marks of the male of thisspecies, it being orange, yellow, black, and white, the feathers on the top of the bill extendingmuch farther forward than on the sides. The female and immature brownish, .showing a whitish spot at the base of the bill and backof the eyes; the female having the upper parts brownish: under parts ashy gray shading intowhitish on the belly. Length, ; Wing. ; Tarsus, : Bill (culmen). ; side measure, This species may always be distinguished f
. Hunting and fishing in Florida : including a key to the water birds known to occur in the State . inguishing marks of the male of thisspecies, it being orange, yellow, black, and white, the feathers on the top of the bill extendingmuch farther forward than on the sides. The female and immature brownish, .showing a whitish spot at the base of the bill and backof the eyes; the female having the upper parts brownish: under parts ashy gray shading intowhitish on the belly. Length, ; Wing. ; Tarsus, : Bill (culmen). ; side measure, This species may always be distinguished from O. aiucr/caiia hx theforward extension of the feathers on the top of the bill and from O. dco-landiby the absence of the white wing patch. It ranges along the coast ofNorthern North America and southward in winter to Florida and has beenrecorded from Jamaica. In the winter of 1894-5 it was common about LakeWorth but is usually not numerous in Florida. The eggs are described as being buffy or dull white and hve to eightin number. 236 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. Genus ERISMATURA
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