. Ornithologie américaine pour la maison et l'école . erica, althoughin certaines localités il est plutôt rare. DESCRIPTION. Longueur, 17 po. ; extension, 25 po. ; queue, 4 po. Bill, noir. Yeux, jaune.pieds, marron et lit en toile. Masculin:—tête avec une belle, semi-circulaire, mince, disque-comme la crête, cette crête étant noire et entourant un grand blanc-match. Tête, cou, dos, ailes et queue, noir. Sous les parties, blanches.faces, brun-rougeâtre, croisées par des lignes noires ondulées. Secondaires, en longueur et avec une bande blanche au centre. Patch blanc sur les cov-erts. Femme : — écusson, petit et brun. Tête, cou, dos, ailes, t

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. American ornithology for the home and school . erica, althoughin certain localities it is rather uncommon. DESCRIPTION. Length, 17 in.; extent, 25 in.; tail, 4 in. Bill, black. Eyes, yellow.Feet, brown and webbed. Male:—Head with a beautiful, semicircular, thin, disk-like crest, this crest being black and enclosing a large whitepatch. Head, neck, back, wings and tail, black. Under parts, white.Sides, reddish-brown, crossed by wavy black lines. Secondaries, len-gthened and with a white stripe in the center. White patch on the cov-erts. Female:—Crest, small and brown. Head, neck, back, wings, tail andsides, brown, lightest on the head and neck. Small white bar on thewing. Under parts, white. NEST AND EGGS. They nest in woody localities in the vicinity of water. A hollow in atree or stump is lined with grasses, leaves and down, and from nine tofifteen eggs of a pearly white color are laid. The eggs are laid duringthe latter part of May or June and the young when hatched are said tobe carried to the water in the bill of the female.. Mr. James K. Thibault, Jr., has sent the following observations onthe Hooded Merganser in Arkansas: The beautiful Hooded Merganserbreeds in this locality, occasionally, but as a rule goes farther north tonest. It begins its nesting earlier than most of the Ducks and is oneof the only two that breed here, the other being the Wood Duck. Likethe latter species it nests in trees, but seldom alights upon them. It 114 A M ERIC AN ORNITHOL OGY.

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