A natural history of the ducks (1922) (14764634162)

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Title: A natural history of the ducks
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Phillips, John C. (John Charles), 1876-1938
Subjects: Ducks
Publisher: Boston New York : Houghton Mifflin company
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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ly (1876), for Yarkand (16,000 feet).Sharpe (1889) gives it for Hari-Rud River, Afghanistan. Its abundance in Pamir and Turkestanis attested by Walton (1906), Severtzoff (1883), Alcock (1897), Lansdell (1885) and Schalow (1908).Koslow (1899) gives it for Kashgaria. In the Tyan-shan it is everj^where abimdant (Smallbones, 1906;Schalow, 1908; Lonnberg, 1905; Koslow, 1899). But its breeding range extends even farther north,covering not only the great steppe region of central Asia, but also the Altai, Sajan, and other rangesCentral eastward and north to far beyond Lake Baikal. Hesse (1913) reports it for Lake Telz- Sia )£er and the eastern Altai, while Finsch (1879) found it about Arkatberg, Chinchili, Saissan, Semipalatinsk and everywhere on the steppes; on the Ala-Kul, though not on the Saissan-Nor, nor in the southern Altai. It was found on the Marka-Kul and was common in the northernAltai to Siranowsk (Finsch, 1879). Suschkin (1913) states that it breeds about Minussinsk, in southern
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RUDDY SHELDRAKE 235 West Siberia, on the Saissan-Nor, etc., while Poliakov (1916) has recorded it for the basin of theUpper Irtysh. Farther eastward it appears to breed throughout the mountains of the Baikal region. It was foundabout the southwest end of Lake Baikal (Radde, 1863) and not uncommonly in the southern Trans-baikalia (Radde, 1863; Lonnberg (1909). Taczanowski (1874) states that it breeds in LakeDauria, and the same is said for the source of the Amur (von Homeyer, 1870). Suschkin Baikal(1913) also records it for the Baikal region, while according to Maak (1859), it is com- Trans-mon on the Lena as far north as Olekminsk. ButurUn (1908) gives 58° or 59° north ^ikalialatitude as its limit on the Lena, but Maak (1859) found it even on the Wiljui near Wiljuisk, July 1.This, I believe, is its northernmost breeding record. In the Chinese Empire the species occurs as a breeding bird in most areas. In Tibet it is exceedinglycommon and nests at very high altitudes, varying from 10

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