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Title: Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: New York (State). Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)

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a ground of yellowish dra ; the flanks areo „ament!d with broad alternate semi-circnlar bands of biack aud wh.te; ,des of hevnt rich light violet; tail coverts long, of a hair-like texture at the s.des, over wh.cfihe oesce d. and of a deep black glossed with green; back dusky bronze, reflectinggreen- scapulars black; tail tapering, dark glossy green above, below dusk r laries dusky, silvery hoary without, tipped with violet biue; seconfiar.es^mshblue, tipped with white; wing coverts violet blue, t.pped w.th Hack, vent dusky,legs and feet yellowish red, claws strong and hooked. Female. ■■The female has the head slightly crested, crown dark purple,^behind the eye abar o, white; chin and throat for two inches also white; head and .tech dark d abbreast dusky brown, marked with large triangular spots of wh.te, back dark glo y :::jl.withgoidand^«*«*». ^-:^™^ same as in the male, but the fine pencilling of the s.des, and the longcoverts, are wanting; the tail is also shorter. 256
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WOODDUCK MALE. ( Aix 5PON5A, Swainson. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 257 Among the many beautiful water-fowl we have with us, the male wood-duck inthe full glow of his autumn plumage is the most brilliant. Sharp contrast of superb tints, and a wonderful blending of rich, warm colorscombine to produce in the plumage of the male the most gorgeous effects. Taxidermy gives us the graceful carriage and coloring, but there is lacking thatindescribable sheen, or more properly bloom, that we find in life, blending its warmthand greatly enhancing the splendor of this birds appearance. The female is a dainty little beauty, to my thinking. Though lacking the gorgeous habiliments of her consort, she wears a most fasci-nating garb of modest duns, yellows, greys, whites and browns ; is so shapely, andcarries herself, withal, in so graceful a manner, as to steal right into the affec-tions of those who have had opportunity of familiar acquaintanceship with thelittle wood

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