Home › R › Range (Breeds from the Gulf of St)

Range (Breeds from the Gulf of St)

Breeds from the Gulf of St. Lawrence northward; winters southward to the Great Lakes and Virginia, and casually to Florida. Washington, casual W. V. Long Island, common W. V., Oct. through Apl. Sing Sing, common T. V., Oct. 7 to Oct. 22. Cambridge, occasional in fall.

Nest, in tall grasses near water. Eggs, "five to eight, pale buff or pale creamy buff, 2.47 × 170" (Ridgw.). 167. Erismatura rubida (Wils.). RUDDY DUCK. Ad. 8.-Top of the head black, cheeks and chin white, throat and back rufous-chestnut, lower back blackish; breast and belly silvery white; upper tail-coverts very short, tail-feathers stiff and pointed. Ad. and Im. - Upper parts dark grayish brown, the feathers marked with fine wavy bars of buffy; sides of the head and upper throat whitish, lower throat grayish, rest of the under parts silvery white. L., 15.00; W., 5.90; Tar., 1.15; B., 1.55.