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Title: A history of British birds. By the Rev. F.O. Morris ..
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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reddish brown, forming an indistinct speculum. Tail,deep brownish black; upper tail coverts, deep brownish black;under tail coverts, white. He adds, in winter the bill is black at the base, the toothblack, behind it is a deep band of lake red; the forehead and 82 LONG-TAILED DUCK. sides of the head are pale greyish brown, back of the head,white; neck on the back, white, on each side of it there isa Large oval-shaped patch of blackish brown, ended belowwith yellowish or reddish brown; throat, white; breast onthe upper part, white; back on the upper part, white, on thelower, brownish black. The tail graduated, the middle feathersbeing narrow and much elongated, brownish black in colour;upper tail coverts, brownish black; under tail coverts, white.Legs and toes, yellow grey. In the female in winter the crown is dark yellowish brown;the spot on the neck yellowish brown; nape, also yellowishbrown. Breast above, yellowish brown; below, white; back,blackish brown. The tail is not elongated.
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HARLEQUIN DUCK. HARLEQUIN GARROT. Anns hhtrionica, Pennant. Montagu. Clanyula histnonica, Fleming. Selby. Anus—A Duck Histrionira—Kistvlomc. The Harlequin Duck, whieli derives its name from iisvariegated plumage, though on the whole it is of a darkappearance, is another northern species, and in Europe appertainsthe most to Iceland, Russia, Sweden, and those parts, and hasoccurred in France and Germany. In Asia it is known inKamtschatka, and in Siberia, about Lake Baikal, and thenceproceeds, according to the season, to the lower latitudes ofLake Aral and the Caspian Sea. In America it is commonabout the Bay of Fundy, Labrador, Newfoundland, HudsonsBay, Greenland, and in winter advances southwards to theUnited States. It is mentioned also by Dr. Richardson asoccurring in the vicinity of the Rocky Mountains. It is altogether, as is related, a bird of the sea and its inlets,and the moutlis of rivers, excepting during the breeding-season,and even then it appears not to go more than a m

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