. Un libro di ornitologia, per i giovani. Abbracciando le descrizioni degli uccelli più interessanti e notevoli in tutti i paesi, con particolari avvisi di uccelli americani . Questo uccello è peculiare per l'America ed è più celebrateddi qualsiasi altro per il sapore eccellente della sua carne. Essi 25* 282 gli SHIELURAKE, come si suppone, si riproducono ai confini dei laghi settentrionali, o della baia di Hudsons; raramente sono stati conosciuti per visitare qualsiasi altra acqua che quella del Chesapeake, edi anni tardi si sono confinati interamente a thePotomac e Susquehanna. Essi si nutrono sulla bulbousroot o erba, che g

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. A Book of ornithology, for youth. Embracing descriptions of the most interesting and remarkable birds in all countries, with particular notices of American birds . This bird is peculiar to America and is more celebratedthan any other for the excellent flavour of its flesh. They 25* 282 THE SHIELURAKE. breed, as is supposed, on the borders of the northern lakes, or of Hudsons Bay; they have seldom been known tovisit any other waters than those of the Chesapeake, andof late years they have confined themselves entirely to thePotomac and Susquehanna. They feed on the bulbousroot or grass, which grows on the flats in the fresh waterof these rivers, and has very much the colour and flavourof garden celery. They feed in from six to ten feet water, they are expert divers, and, with great strength and agility, seize the grass near the bottom, bring it up to the surface, and biting off the root leave the rest to float on the water. SHIELDRAKE.. The male of this prettily marked bird measures abouttwo feet in length, and three and a half in breadth. Thehead, and upper part of the neck are of a glossy dark, or THE SHIELDRAKE. 283 bottle green ; the lower part of the neck, to the breast, isencircled with white, and joined by a broad band of brightorange bay, which is spread over, and covers the breast andshoulders. The back, wing coverts, and upper tail cov-erts are white ; on the breast is a broad band of a bay-colour, growing narrower as it passes backwards underthe wings, and enclosing the lower part of the neck be-hind ;—the webs of some of the wing-feathers are gloss-ed with gold and green, forming a speculum or beautyspot. The tail consists of fourteen white feathers, tippedwith black; the legs are of a reddish flesh colour. The female is less than the male, and her plumage isnot so vivid and beautiful. She makes her nest, and rearsher young, under ground, in the rabbit holes which aremade in the sand-hills near the sea-

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• bookcentury1800
• bookidbookoforni
• booksubjectbirds
• bookyear1832