Citations:weaser

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English citations of weaser

American Merganser
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  • 1867, Thomas Farrington De Voe, The Market Assistant: Containing a Brief Description of Every Article of Human Food Sold in the Public Markets of the Cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn [] , New York: Hurd and Houghton, page 154:
    Weaser, buff-breasted merganser, or goosander.—Three of these beautiful ducks I had the pleasure of seeing in the possession of Mr. Abraham Snediker, a dealer in game-birds, Washington Market, on the 22d of January, 1856. He said they went by the name of “weasers.” They were very fat and heavy.
  • [1923, W. L. McAtee, Local Names of Migratory Game Birds[1], page 5:
    Mergus merganser americanus [] Vernacular names [] In local use: [] weaser, weaser sheldrake, wheezer (Long Id., N. Y.)]
  • 1939, Neltje Blanchan, The Bird Book[2], page 273:
    Diving goose; buff-breasted shelldrake; weaser; dun diver