No. 25. 



Clangula hyemalis. 



Adult male in winter. Markings as in picture, and practi- 

 cally brownish black and white ; the patch about eye dove gray, 

 and the dark patch next this tint (on side of neck) blackish above 

 and brown below ; the blackish breast tinged more or less deeply 

 with chocolate ; the feathers which sweep acutely backward from 

 shoulders grayish white ; the long and slender pair of central 



No. 25. Adnlt Male in winter. 



tail-feathers having an outward and slightly upward curve. Bill, 

 from head half-way to tip, and nail at end black, the remainder 

 light rose pink. Legs and toes light bluish gray, with joints 

 dusky and webs blackish. 



Adult male in summer. In the spring, before this bird 

 leaves us for the North, its summer dress is more or less fully 

 assumed. A drake shot April 12th, at Stony Creek, Conn., whose 



