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CITIZEN niED 



Female : diifers a good deal from the male, and it would make 

 the table too long to tell all the difference ; but she has the same 

 markings on the wings, and the same shaped bill. 



A Citizen of North America who goes far north to find his sum- 

 mer home, and is chiefly seen in the United States in winter or 

 during the migrations. He is a twin brother of the Canvasback, 

 and quite as good to eat. Very few persons can tell a Redhead 

 from a Canvasback at the dinner table, though many think they 

 can, because if the Redhead is in good order and well roasted, they 

 say it is Canvasback, and if the Canvasback is tough and done too 

 much, they say it is only a Redhead. Befoi'e the birds are plucked 

 you can easily tell them apart ; for the Canvasback has the head 

 and beak differently shaped and much darker-colored; while the 

 back is much whiter, because the black wavy lines are narrower 

 than the white spaces between them, or even broken up in fine dots. 



Old Squaw 



Length from eighteen to twenty-three inches, the difference being 

 due to the tail of the male, w^iich in summer has the middle feathers 

 eight or nine inches long. 



This Duck differs more in summer and winter plumages than 

 any other. In winter, the only season it is seen in the United 



