American Scaup Duck, 17'4- 20. 
? H. Head, neck, breast, and tail blake heals and ae white: 
_ back wavy black and white; F. black replaced by brown. 
Notice—Under wings and edges of wing feathers white; blue 
bill. 
Found—N. A. breeding far north. 
Nest—On ground in swamp. 
Eges—6-10 grayish olive. 
Gabblinge cry. 
_ Pied- billed Grebe (Hell Hives. 19.15, 
Head and neck black, except for whitish- -oray niles: apne 
part blackish; lower parts silky gray. : 
Notice—Whitish bill crossed by black band in breeding season. 
Found—N. and South A. ! 
Nest—-A raft of decaying plants. 
Eggs—4-8 dull white or ereenish. 
An odd bubbling giggle, cee ye keggy.” 
- Bonaparte Gull, 12-14. — 
_S. Darker gray hood, mantle ale gray; eet of body white. 
W.—Head white, with dabs of dark. 
Notice—Naked black eye- ring, black bill; black outer wing 
edge and wing tips; all gulls have square tail, not forked, 
white, except in young a blackish band; feet orange-red. 
- Found—Breeds Alaska, migrates over most of N. Aw 
| Nest—Sticks, lined with grass in bushes, trees. 
_Eggs—s-4 ue ly pean spotted. 
- Joyful “yeep.” | 
California Gull, 20-23. | | 
Mainly white, pearl-gray mantle; a black and a red enat on 
each side of yellow bill. 
N otice—Wing much black with two-inch white wedge at chy 
yellow bill; feet greenish gray. 
-Found—wWestern N. A. 
Nest—On ground, inland marshes. 
Eggs—s grayish, spotted. : 
“Please, please, please.” 
Glacous-winged Gull, 24-28. | | 
Adult mainly white. W. clouded with dusky; with oie. -OYTay 
__white-tipped wings and back; young, dark. | 
Notice—-No black on wing of adult. | 
-Found—Both coasts of Pacific and its arms. 
Nest—Coast island or promotory, made of. grass or ee 
Eges—2 or 3 spotted, gray-olive. 
Screams, trumpet peals. 
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