The Waterfowl of the World, Volume 3Country Life, 1959 - Anatidae Although the title reads "waterfowl", this book presents an overview of all Anatidae species with color plates along with black-and-white illustrations and maps. For each species, the chracteristics, distribution, general habits, and captivity are described. The chapters in volume 4 summarize all these birds by topic. |
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Illustrations | 9 |
Lesser Eider Duck Polysticta | 20 |
Tribe Aythyini The Pochards | 43 |
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America Aythya bill birds Black Scoter Brazilian Merganser Brazilian Teal breeding male Breeding range breeding season Bucephala Canvas-back CAPTIVITY Carolina CHARACTERISTICS Check-List chin clangula Clères coast colour Comb Ducks Common Eiders crest culmen Dabbling Ducks dark brown darker display DISTRIBUTION Breeds diving Downy chicks drake eclipse plumage eggs eyes feathers feed female genus Golden-eyes Goosander Greater Scaup greenish grey greyish HABITS Harlequins head and neck Hist histrionicus Hooded Merganser Immatures incubation Iris brown Islands jamaicensis lakes legs Linné Male in eclipse Mandarin mantle Melanitta Mergus mottled Musk Duck nape nest Nettapus North northern Nyroca Oxyura pairs pale Perching Perching Ducks Peters Phillips ponds reared resembles River Rosybills Ruddy Duck rump scapulars Scaup Scoters sides Smew Somateria species specimens spots Stiff-tails sub-species swim tail tarsus Teal throat underparts upper breast upperparts white patch White-backed Ducks White-eye White-winged Scoters whitish Winter range Wood Ducks yellow young