144. Aix sponsa 
WOOD DUCK. $18.50 inches 
Male. Above, top of head iridescent green, long crest purple and 
white; sides of head black; back bluish bronze. Below, throat 
and stripes extending up the sides of the head 
white; breast reddish brown flecked with 
white; a white and black stripe at bend of 
wing ; sides yellowish brown; bill dark ; feet 
yellowish. Female. Above bronze brown ; 
eye-ring and spot behind eye white. Below, 
throat white; breast brown and white mottled. 
Nests. In hole in tree, near water. 
Breeds. A local summer resident ; March to 
November. 

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