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Till". RKDHEAD. 



with fratlici's and ilouii. lij/i/s: S-14. crcann white, cri' iluU i^rcrni^h hull. Av. 

 size, 2.40 N I. JO I Oi X 43.2 ). Season: c. May 20; one brood. 



General Range. — Xorth Anifrica, hreedins' from California, southern .Michi- 

 gan and .Maine northward. 



Range in Washington. — Not common mi,nrant west of the Cascades, keep- 

 ing chiefly to fresh water ; common migrant and summer resident on the East-side, 

 breeding chielly in the northern counties. 



Authorities. — ["Red-head dnck" hihiison, Ke]i. Cov. W. T. 1884 (1885), 

 23.1 Hubbard, Zoe, IJl. July i8()2, p. 142. Rh. Kk. j. 1'.. E. 



Specimens. — I'ri iv. 



Taken on Muses Lake. 



From a Pluitngrat<h . Lo^yright . 190S, ^v W . f.- Da'eson. 

 NEST .Wn F.Cr.S OF Till': RF.nilF.SP. 



I)\.\ll''. .XATl'lvh" has seen tit td distrihiite this liaiidsunie bird over 

 W'asliingtiin with an irregidaritx which seems must iinacci luiitahle. ( )n the 

 east side of the Cascade I\aii,g"e. especially aiiiung the lakes of the interior, the 

 Redhead is one of the most nutnerous of the duck family, v'strangely enough, 

 however, no sooner do we arri\'e on the west side ot the Mnuntains than tliese 

 birds coin])lctel\- disa]ipear: fur the a\-erage sportsinan wlm cnnlhies his lumt- 



