THE 



WILD FOWL 



OF THE 



UNITED STATES, r-^ f/^j (y } 



AND ' ^ 



BRITISH POSSESSIONS -^ 



OR THE 



SWAN, GEESE, DUCKS, AND MERGANSERS 



NORTH AMERICA 



WITH ACCOUNTS OF THEIR HABITS, NESTING, MIGRA- 

 TIONS, AND DISPERSIONS, TOGETHER WITH DESCRIP- 

 TIONS OF THE ADULTS AND YOUNG, AND KEYS 

 FOR THE READY IDENTIFICATION OF THE SPECIES 



A book for the Sportsman, and for those desirous of knowing how to 



distinguish these web-footed birds and to learn 



their ways in their native wilds 



BY 



DANIEL GIRAUD ELLIOT, F. R. S. E.. etc 



Ex-President of the American Ornithologists^ Union 



Author of the New and Heretofore Unfigured Birds of North America : of 



the Illustrated Monographs of the Ant Thrushes ieditions iSbj and 



iSqs'), Grouse, Pheasants, Birds of Paradise, Hornbills, Cats^ 



etc.: of the Classification and Synopsis of the Tro- 



chilidce : of the Shore Birds, and Gallinaceous 



Game Birds of North America ; of 



Wolffs Wild A7timals, etc., etc. 



WITH SIXTY-THREE PLATES 



NEW YORK 



FRANCIS P. HARPER 

 1898 



