167. RUDDY DUCK. 15^16 in. 



(Erismatura jamaicensis.) 

 Upper half of head black, cheeks and chin white; else- 

 where chestnut -red turning grayish; brown on rump and 

 wings; belly white; tail blackish, stiff (often held 

 erect by male while swimming"); bill broad, short; feet large. 

 Winter Plumage and Female: brown, somewhat mottled; 

 white stripe below eye; swift, whirring flight; sink without 

 diving or dive and swim below water like the grebes. 

 172. CANADA GOOSE. 40 in. 



(Branta canadensis.) 

 Head and neck, black with white throat-patch extend- 

 ing up to and just behind eye; brownish-gray marked with 

 lighter, darkest on back; rump and tail, black above and 

 white below; fly after a leader in harrow-shaped ranks, often 

 high up, crying ''honk, honk, honk." 



190. AMERICAN BITTERN. 30 in. 



(Botaurus lentiginosus.; 

 Streaky, tawny and dark-brown, mixed with white and 

 yellowish below; conspicuous black streak on sides of neck; 

 short brown tail; breast feathers loose and baggy; yellow eye; 

 call, loud resounding squawk, or booming notes which have 

 given it the common name of "stake-driver." 

 191. LEAST BITTERN. 13 in. 



(Ixobrychus exilis.j 

 Crown with back, tail and upper half of wings, shining 

 greenish- black; rest of wing, buff and bright chestnut; 

 throat and baggy breast, whitish shading into yellowish- 

 brown on sides of neck and chestnut on back of neck; buff y- 

 white below; tufts of dark feathers on either side of breast; 

 yellow eye. Green Heron. 



194. GREAT BLUE HERON. 45 in. 



(Ardea herodias.) 

 Slaty-gray; top of head and throat white; long bill yellow 

 beneath; legs black; bend of wing reddish-brown; blackish 

 crest; feathers on breast long and streaky; stands on one 

 leg; flies slowly w4th neck drawn in and legs extended 

 behind; hoarse call. Cranes. (Cranes are rare; fly with 

 necks extended; call, loud and resounding.) 



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