DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS: Family Anatidae [165] 



The throat is white and the sides of the neck and auricular region are grayish white. 

 The belly is white. Both the dark and the light brown areas become duller and 

 grayer with age." (Bent) Si^e: ''Male, length 2.o.75-i3-oo, wing 8.50-9.00, middle 

 tail feathers 8.00-8.50. Female, length 15-16, wing 8-9, tail 8." (Bailey) Nest: 

 Usually in the grass or beneath bushes near the water, lined with down. Eggs: 

 Usually 5 to 9, "deep olive buff to yellowish glaucous." 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds on Arctic coast and barren grounds of Canada and 

 Alaska south to Aleutian Islands and shores of Hudson Bay. Winters south to North 

 Carolina, Great Lakes, and California. In Oregon: Irregular winter visitor to the 

 coast. 



THE OLD-SQUAW was first reported from Oregon by Townsend (1839). 

 Newberry (1857) listed it as common at the mouth of the Columbia River 

 in winter, and Woodcock (1901) recorded it as wintering on Yaquina 

 Bay, on the report of B. J. Bretherton. At present it can be regarded only 

 as an irregular winter visitor to the coast. T. T. Craig, of the Oregon 

 Game Commission, shot one on Tillamook Bay, November 16, 1913 (now 

 in Jewett Coll.)- A female, killed on Depoe Bay, December 2.7, 1933, and 

 skinned and salted by Roy Kerr, was presented to Gabrielson through 

 Braly and is now in his collection; and Jewett has a bird that was taken 

 on Nehalem Bay, February 2.3, 1935. So far as we know these are the only 

 existing specimens from the State. Gabrielson saw two birds at Tilla- 

 mook Bay, December 2.9, 1931, that were almost certainly this species. 

 They were at quite a distance but were observed for a long time through 

 8-power binoculars. Gabrielson also saw a total of perhaps 50 individuals 

 at sea off Depoe Bay, May 7, 1932.. All were flying northward in small 

 groups or as individuals except one flock of 2.0. 



Western Harlequin Duck: 



Histrionicus histrionicus pacificus Brooks 



DESCRIPTION. "A small duck with moderate crest, short bill, and long sharp tail. 

 Adult male in winter and spring: head and neck bluish black, with white patches; 

 collar white; shoulder bar black and white; middle of crown black, bordered behind 

 by chestnut; chest and shoulders dark plumbeous; belly sooty, sides bright rufous; 

 wing with steel blue speculum and four white spots; rump black, with white spot 

 on each side. Adult male in summer: colors much duller than in winter. Adult female: 

 head, neck, and upper parts sooty, with a white spot on ear coverts and a large white 

 patch on sides of face; belly mottled grayish." (Bailey) Downy young: (From three 

 specimens in Jewett's collection taken in Wallowa County, two July 2.1, 192.5, and 

 one July 2.9, 192.9.) These downy young are all a dark brown ("bister") on the back, 

 top, and sides of head. In all three there are white spots above and in front of the 

 eyes, an indistinct whitish streak in the scapular region, a white margin on the 

 wings, and an indistinct yellowish brown spot on either side of the rump. A small 

 area directly above the base of the bill varies from almost pure white to a yellowish 

 brown in one specimen, spreading until it almost merges with the white spot in front 

 of the eye. The under parts are white with more or less of the dark brown base of the 

 down showing through, particularly on the throat and sides. Si%e: "Length 15.00- 

 17.50, wing 7.40-8.00, bill 1.05-1.10." (Bailey) Nest: In hollow tree or stump or 



