A Book on Birds 



ANATID^ (The Family of Ducks).— Continued. 



Red-head Duck. Migrant. Rare winter visitor. Red 

 head. Black collar. White breast. 22 inches. 



Canada Goose. Likely to be seen only in flight, and then 

 in this formation > . Black head and neck, with 

 white "cravat." Dark back. Breast, gray of a 

 varying tinge, making feathers appear hke scales. 



21 inches. 



ARDEID.® (The Family of Herons). 



American Bittern. Rare. Faded brown and black. 



24 inches. 

 Great Blue Heron ("Big Crane"). Body, dull blue. 



Neck, white. Legs and neck, each about 16 inches 



long. Total height nearly four feet. 

 Green Heron ("Fly-up-the-Creek"). Brown and black, 



with black crest. 18 inches. 



Black-crowned Night Heron. Black crest, out of which 



issue three long, white, flowing, filamentous feathers. 



26 inches. 



RALLED.® (The Family of Rails). 



Clapper Rail (Shore "Mud-hen"). Above, pale olive. 



Wings and tail, grayish-brown. Breast, buff. 



Chin, white. 14 inches. 



American Coot (Inland "Mud-hen"). Head, black. 



Rest, bluish slate-color. 15 inches. 



SCOLOPACrD.^ (The Snipe-like Family). 



Spotted Sandpiper ("Tilt-up"). Long bill and legs. 

 Abbreviated tail that bohs continually when he 

 alights. Smooth, sleek plumage. Spotted head 

 and cheeks. White breast. 7j inches. 



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