"Every bird;" a guide to the identification of the birds of woodland, beach and ocean. With one hundred and twenty-four line illustrations (1896) (14732255716)

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Title: "Every bird;" a guide to the identification of the birds of woodland, beach and ocean. With one hundred and twenty-four line illustrations
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Howe, Reginald Heber, 1875-1932
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Boston, B. Whidden
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



Text Appearing Before Image:
OLD=SQUAW. 164 OCEAN BIROS. No. 161 OLD=SQUAW. Genus: Clsm^ula. Species: C. hyemalis. Distribution: A common winter visitor along the coast. Date of Arrival:November. Date of Departure:Middle of April. General Plumage: Male in winter, upper parts white, blackish band on back,wings and spot on side of head blackish, cheeks dusky, longtail feathers blackish, belly white, breast blackish brown,throat and neck ring white. Male, in summer, top of head,neck and back black ; under parts Avliite, black on upperbelly. Female, in winter, upper parts blackish, grayishmarked, sides of head and neck whitish, breast dusky, bellywhite. Female, in summer head black marked. Bill black,yellow band on tip, leet blackish. Length about 21.00. Song and Other Notes: Scolding or talking notes, as o-onc-o-onc-ough, egh-ough-egh. Haunts: A bird of the ocean. OCEAN BIRDS. 165
Text Appearing After Image:
AMERICAN EIDER. 166 OCEAN BIRDS. No. 162. AMERICAN EIDER. Genus: Somateria. Species: S. dresseri. Distribution: A winter visitor. Date of Arrival:November. Date of Departure:March first. General Plumage: Male, upper parts white tinted with pjreenish, crown blackwith f^recnish line, middle rump black ; under parts whitecreamy tinged, lower breast and belly black. Female, upperparts black, marked with buff, head and neck bu(f, stre deedwith blackish ; under parts, breast buff, black marked. he)\vbrownish lightly barred, large rounded culmen. Bill anifeet black. Length about 23.00. Song and Other Notes: ■■ Ila-ho, ha-ho, and quack. Haunts: Ocean and seas. OCEAN BIRDS. 167