LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS 
144. Wood Duck. Aix sponsa. 
Range. — Temperate North America, breeding 
from Labrador and British Columbia south to 
Florida. 
Bridal Duck is a name often given to this, the 
most beautiful of all Ducks. 
They are beautifully marked, have a large crest, 
and are iridescent with all colors of the rainbow. 
They frequent wooded country near ponds and 
Rich buff 
lakes, feeding on water insects and mollusks in 
the coves. They build their nests in hollow trees 
and stumps, often at quite a distance from the 
water. When the young are a few days old, they 
slide, scramble, or flutter down the tree trunk to 
the ground below, and are led to the water. The 
nest is made of twigs, weeds and grass, and warm- 
ly lined with down. The eggs are a buff color 
and number eight to fifteen. Size 2. x 1.5. 
[145.] Rufous-crested Duck. Netta rufina. 
Wood Duck 
Redhead 
A European species; a single specimen taken on Long Island in 1872. 
146. Redhead. Marila americana. 
Range.- — North America at large, 
breeding from northern United 
States northward, chiefly in the in- 
terior. 
A bird commonly seen in the 
markets where it is often sold as 
the following species because of 
their similarity. The nests are 
placed on the ground in marshes or 
sloughs, and are made of grasses, 
lined with feathers. Eggs from 
six to fourteen in number, of a 
huffy white color. Size 2.40 x 1.70. 
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Buffy 
