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310 Woodcraft Manual for Girls Wood Duck or Sununer Duck >r purplish chestnut, checkered with white spots, while its sides are buflf with black pencilings. This is one of the wildest and most beautiful of ducks. It nests in hol- low trees and is found in North America up to about latitude 50 degrees. Wild Goose {Branta canadensis). This fine bird is about three feet long. Its head and neck are hlexk; its cheek patch white; its body gray; its tail black widi yrinte coverts above and below. It is found up to the Arctic reg' ">ns, and breeds north ot about latitude 45 degrees. It is easily tamed and reared in captivity. Swan. There are two kinds of Swan found in America: The Trum- peter (Olor bttccinator), which is almost extinct, is very large and has a black bill, and the Whis- tling Swan {Olor columbi- anus), which is smaller — about five feet long and seven feet across. Its plumage is pure white; its bill black, with a yeUmv spot near the eye. It is found generally throughout North America but is rare now. Bittern {Botaurus lengtiginosus). This bird of marshes is about twenty-eight inches long and can stand nearly three feet high. Its general color is warm yellowish brown splasl»ed with dark brown. The black mark on the side of the neck is a strong feature, and its bright green legs and beak are very distinctive. It is famous for its guttural call notes in the marshes, and is found throughout North America up to about latitude 60 degrees II Jhe interior. Wild Goose, Canada Goose, or Honker