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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
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derately full, dense, soft, glossy, blendedbeneath. Wings of moderate breadth, convex, acute; inner secondarieselongated and tapering. Tail short, much rounded, of more than twelvefeathers. Upper mandible with an internal series of small papillae or laminaeon each side, besides those on the margin. Tongue long, fleshy, emarginateand papillate at the base, tapering, with a double row of slender reversedpapillae along the upper surface, and two lateral series of filaments on eachside, the tip lacerated; oesophagus very wide, of nearly uniform diameter;stomach a strong gizzard of moderate or small size, with the lateral musclesthick; the epithelium dense and longitudinally rugous; intestine long, rathernarrow; cceca rather long; cloaca globular. Trachea with one or twoextensive dilatations, besides the enormously developed tympanum at thebifurcation; no inferior laryngeal muscles. Nest on the ground, or in hollowtrees. Eggs numerous. Gexus I.—MERGUS, Linn. MERGANSER.Character as above.
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387 BUFF-BREASTED MERGANSER, OR GOOSANDER. ^Mergtjs merganser, Linn.PLATE CCCCXI.—Male and Female. This species may be said to be a constant resident with us, as manyindividuals breed in the interior of the states of New York, Massachusetts,and Maine. When I first resided in Kentucky, some bred there also,although at the present day none pass the summer in that country. In thelatter part of autumn, in winter, and in early spring, they are found in allparts of the Union; in Texas I procured some in April, 1837, and in thebeginning of May saw a considerable flock in Galveston Bay. How muchfarther southward their migrations extend I know not, but from havingobserved them coming from that direction, I suspect that they advance prettyfar into the interior of Mexico, from which some perhaps cross to theArkansas river, on which I have also seen them. On the Mississippi, theOhio, and their tributaries, Goosanders are found during the coldest weather;and when the larger streams are covered w

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