DUf'KS, (iKKSK AM) SWANS OF NOKTII A \1 KIIH' A . 



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. |itin' u liiii'. 



irl^ lll-nUll 



k 



liiiwini; nil ili' 



I'llKlli'. Iiul ill' 



he Ndrtlirn 



;lll(l is Olli' t 



11 till' iiitcrin: 

 nlly iVdiii -i^ 

 Hick, llnu-l'. 



GiNus DAFILA Steihkns. 



DAFILA ACUTA (/.inn.). 

 Pintail. Sprigtail. 



.Hull „H,ir : Bill, lead color, the base and a stripe alons the culmen. black ; head and 

 neck, rich brown, -oni.Mii.irs slmwini:- m iVnil -lo- ..l -ivmi ni, tl,.- I.Mtlicr-: -Mr- m il,,- 



neck -linuiii"- II -iri ' v\ImI''- ^h"! -^ ^"il ' l'''"''^ rMrn,liii- ,!..«„ lli- Inu'K nl il„. iirrU : 



un.lri-p;n-l-. uhil.'. -lic.wiM-niiin.uavy. rMirliii,-or,lii-K\ mi il„. -i,!,- -. .•n-inn. I.l;uk. r,li:v,l 

 witli wUUr: central tail feathers, very much elongated in iIh hkiN : feet, lead color. 



I.cnulli. 'iS: wiiin. '.i..'ill: tail. 7; liill, -J. 



.1,/,,// r.mnh: ■I'.iil liMlli.'i-. nnt -c mucli r|(iii--:itiM .i- in lli" niiil.'. Iml lM-o:nl mikI 

 poinHMl : rinwn MiMl -i.li- nl 111,. li,.|i,l. <lrc.-iK(Ml willi .In-l^y ;iinl pnlr l.n.wn: lnvii-1. 

 spntli'il Willi iliirk hrnwii Ml- M.ii'k: iimlcr purl -. wliilr: 

 ilbilnincn mill -iili- -Imwin- iMiiil linr- nT (lu-l>> : 

 under \\iii;;rn\crl-, lii-cnii-, nl-i'il willi wliilc: axillary 

 plumes, white, barred with dark brown; spii iilniii. 



(rVllvi-ll lilnwil cl^iil Willi wllili'. Tl Ir illl II IMl lirr lllll Ir 



show- ciiii-iili'iiilik' xarialinii in |ilinii,-iL;i'. Ilic iimliT 

 pari- lii'iiin' ii-iiall\ innic -lirakrd iir -jii i| I I'd llian llir I^^B". ,.;*" 

 iidull IVinalr. w hirli il nl liiTw i-r -ninrw lial ri'-i-niMr-:. 

 j.i'ii^lli. l!J: win;;-. '.I. -J"!; lail. •■f.'id : Mil. ■_'. 



llalila :ii-iila (liaiialf)- 



Mall-.) 



■ 'riiis line (luci< rann-cs tlinninliout llic Xdrtiicni Hi'iuisiiiicri'. Iircrdiiin in 

 the iiitcriiir iVoiii lUiimis norlliwiird : it aiiparcntly dot's not lirccd on liic 

 Allniitic coasl, Inil is cunnnon in winter iVoin N'irninia and tlie Carolinas soutli- 

 Wiud to liie West Indies and Centriil .Vineriea. lieinn- very alnindaiit in Floriila 

 in winter in some loealilies. 



The en-n-s are usually from seven to twelve, and are lilni-h white in e(dor. 

 Tile leniale I'iiitail may always lie reeonni/.ed hy the poinleil middle tail 

 feathers and the barred axillary plumes. 



The male whi>tle> and the ieniale " niiaeks." 



