72 BIRD NAMES. [Xo. 22. 



with black bars. Sides of body cinnamon brown, finely waved 

 with dark lines; breast and belly white, the white of breast 

 and black of upper parts sweeping into each other, and forming 

 crescent-like bars in front of wings. Legs yellow brown. Eyes 

 yellow. 



Female. A little smaller than male. Upper parts brownish, 

 with no pure black; crest rusty brown, with no white, and 



smaller than drake's ; front of breast grayish, and without the 

 crescent bars ; throat and under parts white or nearly so. Bill 

 blackish above and orange below (similar in shape to that of 

 male). 



Young. Practically like adult female. 



Length seventeen to eighteen inches ; extent about twenty- 

 five inches. 



These birds are very partial to fresh water, and when near 

 the sea are met with usually in small rivers, creeks, and ponds. 

 They are peculiarly sportive and agile, and easily decoyed by 

 anything resembling a duck. The beautiful fan-like crest is 

 lifted or lowered at will. 



Eange, North America in general ; breeding here and there 

 throughout the United States and north ward. 



