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IH(K>, (iKI'.sr. AM) SWANS Ol' NdlMII \ M I'.I.'K A . 



Till' ilisl.-iru'i' Iroill llic lio-llil In llic lip ot tlic liill is Ic-- llliin i.."ill itirlirs ill llii- -|ircir-. 

 :iliil till' Ii'IiimIi' Jiiiiy :il\\:iy> In' ili-liii;;iii.«lMMl Iroiii llii' Kcil-liifii-lccl .Miti;;iii-('|- liy llii- cliai'iu- 

 trr. ;is ill ili^it s|ii'('ii-r< llii- ilistiiiict' ri'iiin llic ii(i>Iril t<> tip i<| liill is inoi'i' iImii I. .'ill inclii't. 



Tlic Aiiicriciiii Mcruiinscr, Slicldi'iikf. (ir ( iodsiiiulcr. sis il !> viiiioii-lv riillcil 

 ill (lil'tVn'iit lociilitios, is u'ciionilly (listriluiti'i! throuirliont -Ndrtli Aiiicricii, rnnii 

 tlic Atliiiitic to the I'iicitic. Il is not iiiicoiiiiikhi on tlic Atlantic coii-t. t'ldin 

 Maine to (icori^iii. and occasionally a lew liirds wander as tar soiilli as Florida. 

 It l)r('cds in the nortlicrn I'nitcd .''states soutli (o I'cniisylvania and Colorado. 

 'Pile nest is a little mat of leaves or Lna>s placed on a lediie, or occasionally in 

 a hole in a tree. Tiie ciins arc iVoin seven to ten, of a pale yellow Imlt color. 



riERGANSER SERRATOR (/./////.). 

 Red-breasted MerKanser. 



Sm.i.ni; \Ki.. 



well as 

 raiiiiiiiii' 

 coninion 

 'ninners. 



. (.//(// 1,1'ih' : I|r;|il ,ll|it Upprr 



lliniiit, liliii'K. liiiiii'il '.vi'li irirciii-li-. 

 :i ullilc I'illU' iirnllllil till' lli'cl^. imi 

 iilways wrll iji'liiii'il : lnTM-t, riilnu-. 

 **• -lri';il%c'i| wilh liiMcl^: lowrr lircu-i 

 :inil liclly. wliili': llii' -iili'- ;iiiil riiiii|r, 

 ildicMii'Iy pi'iii'illi'il lil.icli. Distance 

 from nostril to tip of bill, iiinir 

 iIkiii I. ."ill. 



I.i'ii-lli. '.■:!: win:;-. U: l.ir-ii-. I.'.ni; 

 liill. J.. 'ill. 



I'l lil'lli illl'l 'I'llhul llinlr : lll'.ld. 



Iiinwni-li: lliniMt, p;i|r liiilV: li:irk. 

 iriiiy: miller purls u|' iln' limly :nc 

 wllilc. Mini -pi'cllllllll is uliilr. 



I,i'iii;lli. •1\ : w'v.vj:. s.sd: i:ir-ii-. 

 l.'.Ml: hill, -J. ."id. 



'Pile IJed-Iireasted Mei'uar.scv 



is a cosinopolit.'in species occiir- 



riiiLi' in I'liirope and Asia. ;i- 



the We-tci'ii Ilemisphere. It occurs throiiiihout Noi'tli .Vineric.i. 



in winter sontliwaid to the (iiilf of Mexico and Ciiha, and i> ;i 



species on the Atlantic coast, lieiii'i the weliknown " Sheldrake '" nl' 



It hreeds from Minnesota and MaiiU', northward: the nest i.- placid 



Mrru:in-fr ~rrr;ll"r (iiiMlr 



'I'll. 

 I.rll 



1' 



Atiaiili 

 the (ill 

 are nsi 

 times 

 some w I 



