OLD SQUAW. 



LONG-TAILED DUCK. SOU-SOUTHERLY. COCKAWEE. 

 Clangula HYEMALIS. 



Char. Male : back, rump, and tail black, the central tail-feathers very 

 long ; crown and neck white ; cheeks brownish gray, and below the gray 

 a patch of brown ; breast and wings black, the wings varied with white ; 

 belly white ; bill pale pink, nail and base black; legs and feet leaden blue, 

 the webs darker. Length 20 to 23 inches ; middle tail-feathers 8 to 9 

 inches. The female has the crown and upper parts dark brown ; a dark 

 stripe behind the eyes; under parts white ; tail without long feathers. 



A'est. Concealed under a bush, sometimes amid a tussock of rank 

 herbage^ — made of a few weed-stems and some grass, and thickly lined 

 with down. 



Eggs. 5-7; pale grayish green, sometimes greenish buff: 2.10 X 1.50. 



This elegant and noisy Duck, known so generally in the 

 Southern States by the nickname of " South-Southerly," from 

 its note, and in most other parts by the appellation of " Old 

 Squaws," or " Old Wives," is an Arctic inhabitant of both con- 

 tinents, and abounds in the glacial seas of America, where it 

 is seen commonly associated with the Eider, Surf, Black, and 

 other Ducks of congenial habits, who invariably prefer the 

 frail but, to them, productive dominion of the sea to the land 

 or its more peaceful waters. So strong is the predilection of 



