English: 1. Baldpate. 2. Green-winged Teal. 3. Blue-winged Teal. 4. Shoveler. 5. Pintail. 6. Wood Duck. 7. Redhead. 8. Canvasback. 9. Am. Scaup Duck. 10. Am. Golden-eye. 11. Bufflehead. 12. Old Squaw. 13. Greenland Eider. 14. White-winged Scoter. 15. Ruddy Duck

Identifier: handbookofbirdso04chap (find matches)
Title: Handbook of birds of eastern North America
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Connecticut Libraries

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mon occurrence on our coast south of its breeding range. 120. Phalacrocorax dilophus (Sw. and Bich.). Double-crested Cormorant. Ad. in breeding plumage.—Bead, neck, rump, and under parts glossy black; upper back, scapulars, and wing-coverts light grayish brown, each feather margined with glossy black; tail black, composed of twelve feathers ; a tuft of black feathers on either side of the head. Ad. in winter.—Similar, but without tufts on the head, /w.—Top of the head and back of the neck blackish brown; upper back, scapulars, and wing-coverts brownish gray, each feather margined with black; rump glossy black; sides of the head and fore neck grayish white, whiter on the breast and changing gradually to black on the lower belly. L., 30-00 ; W., 12-50 ; T., 6-20; B., 2-30. . Range.—Eastern North America, breeding from Dakota, and the Bay of Fundy northward ; winters from southern Illinois and Virginia southward. Washington, casual, several records. Long Island, common T. V., Apl.
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1. Baldpate. 2. Green-winged Teal. 3. Blue-winged Teal. 4. Shoveler. 5. pintail. 6. Wood Duck. 7. Redhead. 8. Canvasback. 9. Am. Scaup Duck.10. Am. Golden-eye. 11. Bufflehead. 12. Old Squaw. 13. Greenland Eider. 14. White-winged Scoter. 15. Ruddy Duck- PELICANS. 95 and May; Aug. to Nov. Sing Sing, A. V., June. Cambridge, casual, one instance, Sept. Nest, of sticks, seaweed, etc., on the ledges of cliffs, low bushes, bushy trees, or on the ground. £(/(/ft^ two to four, similar in color to those of the preceding, 2*40 x l-iO. This is the common Cormorant of the middle Eastern States. We see it chiefly as migrant when in flocks of varying size it passes far overhead, or pauses to rest on our shores. In migrating the flock is formed in a long line, comparatively few birds deep. On the wing they bear a general resemblance to large Ducks. 120a* P. d. floridanns (Aud.). Florida Cormorant. Resembles the preceding species in color, but is smaller. W., 1200; T., 5-50; B., 2-10. This is an abundant bir

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