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BIRD NAMES. 



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nuptial plumage was complete, or very nearly so, was dressed as 

 follows: Head, neck, breast, and upper parts generally, deep 

 chocolate brown intensified to pure black here and there; an 

 irregularly outlined space of light mouse gray on each side of 

 head, from bill backward to include the eye ; the eye itself irregu- 

 larly bordered with white ; a patch of bright tan-colored feath- 

 ers with black centres just behind neck on front of back, and 

 feathers similarly colored sweeping from shoulder regions along 

 the sides of the back. Under parts and sides, from the dark 

 breast backward, white, this white tinged with pearly gray upon 

 the sides, and meeting abruptly the deep tint of breast and upper 

 plumage. Bill, legs, and long tail-feathers as in winter male, 

 though light color of bill better described, perhaps, in this case 

 as salmon pink * (a delicate tint that darkened in a few hours to 

 reddish purple). Weight two pounds. 



No. 26. Female in winter. 



Adult female in winter. Head and most of neck white, 



* As this light color is not given as I describe it, in any of the books acces- 

 sible to me at this writing, I will state that, so far as both bill and legs are 

 concerned, my notes were made (in this case and in that of the winter drake) 

 within ten minutes after the bird was shot. 



