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Title: Birds of North Carolina
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943 Brimley, Clement Samuel, 1863-1946 Brimley, Herbert Hutchinson, 1861-1946
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Raleigh, Edwards & Broughton printing co., state printers
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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hroat white;lower throat and entire top of the head rufous-brown; rest of upperparts antl tail ashy gr.ay;speculum white; breast and belly wliite. L., 25.00; W., 10..50; Tar., 1.86; B., from N. 1..50.(Chap., Binl.-i of K. .V. A.) Range.—North .Vmerica, breeding cliiefly in Canada, wintering in most portions of the UnitedStates and .south(>rn Cai\ada. Range in North Cnmlinn.—Coastal region in winter, l)Ut may appear at that season where-ever there are large bodies of water. The Shrlclral.es arc iiihahitants of the tfiuit stfcaiiis tiinl lakes of Canada, wellknown to the royageurs of those inland waters. Here they breed, hiding their nestsin the hollows of trees, and, it is said, taking their young to the earth in their Ijillsor sometimes allowing them to fall, the little ones working their wings to breakthe force of the descent. In feeding, they swim rajiidly beneath the surface, oftenin the face of a strong current, and grasp their ;)rcy with their long serrated bills. o > z
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Descriptive List 57 As the fresh waters of the North become frozen in autumn, the Mergansers movegradually southward and frequent mainly the large ojjen liodies of our bays andsounds. Feeding, as they apparently tlo, almost entirely upon fish, their flesh isnot greatly esteemed for food, and hence the birds are seldom shot by gunners ifother fowl are to be found in numbers. This does not appear to be an abundantspecies in North Carolina. While Pearson was a guest at the Currituck ShootingClub in March, 1904, his host, W. T. Post, of New York, shot a pair of these hand-some birds. For thirty years \It. Post had been shooting in Currituck Sound, butcould not recall having previously seen them. The Sheldrake, however, is not sorare in the lower sounds, and may frequently be found in the markets at New Bern.Cairns reported it as not an imcommon spring transient in Buncombe County.H. H. Brimloy secured a female at White Lake, in Bladen County, during Decem-ber, 19 n. It has many local name

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