330 FEATHERED GAME 



tinent, though fairly abundant on the Pacific 

 coast during the winter months. 



The Red-head breeds far north in the Fur 

 Countries making its nest upon the ground 

 and lining it with down and soft grass. The 

 number of eggs is usually eight, in color pale 

 buff. 



In plumage the drake is the finer of the pair. 

 His head and neck are a bright chestnut red 

 with a sheen as of burnished copper. Lower 

 neck, breast, upper back, rump, and tail coverts 

 above and below are blackish. Back bluish 

 gray, finely waved all over with blackish lines. 

 Flanks and sides much like the back but more 

 faintly marked. For the rest below, grayish 

 white. Wing coverts bluish gray. Speculum 

 ashy gray. Inside of the wings mostly white. 

 Wing quills and tail feathers dull bluish gray 

 or dusky. Bill rather short, broad and flat- 

 tened at the end as compared with the canvas- 

 back's, in color dull bluish with a black band 

 across the tip. Iris of male orange ; of the fe- 

 male yellow. Feet dull bluish with dusky webs 

 and black nails. 



The female is marked much like the male, but 

 the head and neck are of dull brownish hue. 



