 | Oliver Davie - 1886 - 222 páginas
...soon found in abundance on the river banks and lagoons. Migrating at night it continually utters a peculiar chattering whistle, which at once indicates...broods are raised, and the parent carries the young to the water in her bill. Twelve eggs received from Dr. Finley average 2.1 1 by 1.53, with but little... | |
 | Wells Woodbridge Cooke - 1888 - 330 páginas
...river. My knowledge of the breeding habits is derived from Dr. SM Fiuley, USA, who had ample apportunity of observing these birds at Hidalgo. The eggs are...branches, often at a considerable distance from water ('2 miles), and from 8 to 30 feet or more from the ground. The eggs are placed oil the bare wood, and... | |
 | Wells Woodbridge Cooke - 1888 - 328 páginas
...river. My knowledge of the breeding habits is derived from Dr. SM Fiuley, USA, who had ample apportunity of observing these birds at Hidalgo. The eggs are...branches, often at a considerable distance from water (2 miles), and from 8 to 30 feet or more from the ground. The eggs are placed on the bare wood, and... | |
 | Oliver Davie - 1889 - 518 páginas
...soon found in abundance on the river banks and lagoons. Migrating at night it continually utters a peculiar chattering whistle, which at once indicates...broods are raised, and the parent carries the young to the water in her bill. Twelve eggs received from Dr. Finley average 2.nx1.53, with but little variation... | |
 | 1889 - 826 páginas
...My knowledge of the breeding habite is derived from Dr. SM Finley, USA, who had ampio apport-uni ty of observing these birds at Hidalgo. The eggs are deposited in hollow trees and branchée, often at a considerable distance from water (u miles), and from 8 to 30 feet or more from... | |
 | Oliver Davie - 1900 - 568 páginas
...peculiar chattering whistle, which at once indicates its presence. Called by the Mexicans Iiatv• maizal, or Corn-field Duck, from its habit of frequenting...broods are raised, and the parent carries the young to the water in her bill. Twelve eggs received from Dr. Finley average 2.11x1.53, with but little variation... | |
 | Oliver Davie - 1900 - 568 páginas
...is derived from Dr. SM Finley, USA, who had ample opportunity of observing these birds at Hidaigo. The eggs are deposited in hollow trees and branches,...broods are raised, and the parent carries the young to the water in her bill. Twelve eggs received from Dr. Finley average 2.11x1.53, with but little variation... | |
 | Arthur Cleveland Bent - 1925 - 458 páginas
...lining was found in the nests except the rotten wood in the hollows. Doctor Merrill (1878) says that " the eggs are deposited in hollow trees and branches, often at a considerable distance from water (2 miles), and from 8 to 30 feet or more from the ground." Eggs. — Doctor Merrill (1878) says that... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1925 - 1048 páginas
...were mostly in “big woods,” usually near a lake or creek, and no lining was found in the says that “the eggs are deposited in hollow trees and branches, often at a considerable distance from water (2 miles), and from 8 to 30 feet or more from the ground.” Egg8.—Doctor Merrill (1878) says that... | |
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Easily domesticated, it becomes very tame, roosting at night in trees with chickens and turkeys. When the females begin to lay, the males leave them and gather in large flocks on sand-bars in the river. My knowledge of the breeding habits is derived from... 