236 DUCKS. 



from Tex. to Alaska. Winters, commonly 

 from N. C. through Gulf States; south in 

 Sept. and Oct., north in April. Uncommon 

 in Atlantic coast states north of N. C. 

 Occurs in small ponds both salt and fresh in 

 small flocks. Nests, on o^round; eggs, 6-10, 

 greenish. Note of male, a short, gutteral 

 thuck; female, quack. 



205. PINTAIL. 



Larger, 25, neck, long and thin; central 

 tail feathers, long, narrow, bill not widened 

 at tip; speculum, violet-green; head, neck 

 and back, brown; two lines of white extend 

 down sides of neck with a patch of black 

 between and join the of lower parts; wing 

 coverts ashy, greater tipped with reddish; 

 bill blue, line on top black, feet bluish, 

 fig. 179. Female, speculum gray; dark- 

 brown above marked with lighter; yellow- 

 ish-white beneath; white wing-band in both 

 sexes. Northern Hemisphere, in N. A. 

 breeds north of U. S.; south in Sept.-Nov. to 

 winter from Gulf States to Paraama, when 



