NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



the Ca„vas-bacr:™rcts Itf n^^f aftCr 1" ^r^^"' ^^^^^-^ 

 it in tall rushes or p-ras^ Th^ n T , ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^ear 



table duck. When ffedlg J wi.dX;'tltfl: f • ''^."^ ^^'^^"^"^ 

 peculiarly fine flavor, but Lder other circum,! " 'T '" '""^''"^ ^ 

 ten thousand can tel it from anv oth^TT ?' "''' °°^ P^"^'"" ™ 



confounded with the Redhead but th'' °" "^^ '•'"" '' '^ °'''^° 

 when the different sexes co^etl^V^. °° °^^^^ion for this, even 



^ST^th^r^re^af^^^^^ 



brown, aTdth^brblarrTt-^rnt^^^^^^^^^^^ '\ "^f -T 



is brownish throughout. The nesTof the pl l ^'^ "^^"'^ 

 rnadeon , J„, ^n ^rs^^X'^f :arr:rSs;^fu^^^^^^^^ 



s?:tthi:rnX:^°2rirarr"''-^ *'^^'^ ''- -- 



148. Aythya marila nearctica Stejn. [614 ] 

 It IS not so abundant in the Um'ted c;^-,.^, \, "^^^°s lar north. 



