The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America: A Vade Mecum for the Naturalist and the Sportsman |
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adult female adult male American Eider autumn moult AUTUMN PLUMAGE av'ge axillars Baldpate base of bill birds Black Duck blackish Blue-winged Teal Brant breast breeding grounds buff buffy Canada Goose Canvas-back chest Chief distinguishing features Cinnamon Teal coast COLLOQUIAL NAMES Colour Plate coot darker DESCRIPTION ADULT Diving Ducks Downy Young dusky brown eclipse plumage edged eggs feathers feeding feet FIELD MARKS flight flocks full winter plumage Gadwall Geese greater coverts Greater Scaup Green-winged Teal greyish brown Harlequin Duck head and neck hind toe King Eider Lesser Scaup MAIN RANGES Breeding Mallard mandible Merganser middle coverts migration mottled moult nest North patch Pintail Ross's Goose Ruddy Duck rump scapulars SCIENTIFIC NAME Scoter sexes sides species SPECIMEN IDENTIFICATION subfamily Surf Scoter Swans tail tertials tips toe with lobe toe without lobe usually vermiculated waterfowl webs White-winged Scoter whitish widgeon wing Wing-spread Wood Duck young male