96 HOW TO NAME THE BIRDS 



262. ••BOB-WHITE:" VIRGINIA PARTRIDGE: QUAIL. 



Variegation of brown, tawny, gray, etc. Brownish and 



tawny, black-waved. 



9. Crown-feathers, somewhat erectile ; forehead, super- 

 ciliary line, and throat, white, and all black-bordered ; $ 

 has tints duller, and throat buff. 



Throughout northward to Mass. ; nest, on ground ; eggs, late in 

 May, quite numerous, white; identified hy notes resembling "bob- 

 white." Found in open fields. 



263. BLACK DUCK: DUSKY DUCK (WATER-FOWL) 



Blackish, feathers edged with rusty-brown. 



24. Bill, greenish-yellow ; violet patch on wing, black- 

 bordered ; legs, red. 



Breeds throughout, but rarely in Pa., where it is chiefly migrant, 

 and locally in N. J., where it is common in winter on coast and large 

 rivers ; frequents ponds ; nest, on ground, occa. in tree-hole ; 

 eggs. May and June, 6-10, creamy or pale buff; one of the largest 

 fresh-water ducks, and fine eating. 



The Following Summer and Migrant Birds are 

 Permanent in Pa. or N. J. 



173. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker ; 8^; Pa., rare. 



15. Great Carolina Wren ; 5>^-6 ; Pa. and N. J. 



108. Bluebird; 6;^-; ; Pa. and N. J. 



56. Mourning Dove; 12 ; Pa. and N. J., locally. 



58. Cardinal Grosbeak ; 8^ ; S. Pa. and N. J. 



87. Meadow Lark ; 10;^ ; Pa. and N. J. 



67. Robin ; 9-10 ; N. J. ; not uncommon in Pa. 



