The eggs, numbering eight to ten, are of a pale buff 

 color. 



Measurements Total length, 11 to 12 ^ inches; wing, 

 about 6, and bill, 1 inch. 



THE OLD SQUAW, OR 

 LONG-TAILED DUCK 



(Clangula hyemalis) 



The old squaw, or long-tailed duck, comes but little 

 into California, though a few are killed each year in 

 Washington and Oregon. 1 killed one several years ago 

 as far south as Los Angeles county, California, the only 

 one I have ever known to get that far away from his 

 northern home. 



Color Male As the winter plumage is the only garb 

 that one of this species will be seen in on these hunt- 

 ing grounds, I will only mention it. Head, white, with a 

 patch of brownish black on the side of the head and 

 side of the neck; breast, black, continuing over the 

 back; belly, white; wings, white; a band of yellow 

 across the bill; central tail feathers, black and very 

 long. 



Female Head, white, with a dark patch on the top 

 and on the side; breast and back, smoky black; under 

 parts, white; no long feathers in the tail. 



THE HARLEQUIN DUCK 



(Histrionicus histrionicus) 



The harlequin duck is a northern bird that comes but 

 little into the United States on either coast. A few 

 stragglers are met with in Oregon and Washington, and 

 an occasional one is killed in California. These and the 

 old squaw add a pleasing variety to our mounted col- 

 lections, but nothing to our sport. 



Color The accompanying illustration is the best de- 

 scription of this duck that can be given, as the colors 

 are white and a brownish black. It is about the size 

 of the widgeon. 



THE SCOTERS 



(Oidemia deglandi Oidemia americana) 

 The scoters, or coots, as they are called on the At- 

 lantic coast, are all found on this coast southward to 

 Mexico. Of these the white-winged scoter (Oidemia 

 deglandi) is the most common, being found in large 

 numbers on all the bays and inlets of the coast as far 

 south as the Magdalena bay, Lower California. 

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