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232 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



from Maine to Alaska. The nest is described as being built in a stump or 

 tree. The eggs are a pale buff usually from eight to twelve in number. 



Charitonetta albeola (male). 



Genus CLANGULA Leach. 



CLANGULA HYEMALIS (Z/w/.). 

 Old Squaw. Old Wife. South Southerly. 



A djtlt male in winter: Centraljtail feathers black, much elongated; outer tail feathers 

 white ; top of the head and back of the neck to back white ; a patch of grayish on the sides of 

 the head including the eye, which is succeeded by a patch of black on the sides of the neck, 



bordered on the lower throat by an indication of brown ; 

 throat and upper breast pure white ; breast and upper 

 belly black, the black continuing over the back in a 

 band ; lower belly and under tail coverts white ; wing 

 coverts black ; quills brown ; a pale yellowish band 

 across the end of the bill. 



Male in summer : Front of the head white; rest 

 of head, neck, breast, and upper belly smoky black. 



Adult fetnale in winter: Head dull white on the 

 crown and a patch on the side of the back of the head 

 smoky black or brownish black : upper parts fuscous ; 

 breast grayish ; belly white ; tail feathers pointed but 

 not elongated as in the male. 



Length (including tail), 21 ; Wing, 8.05 ; Bill, i. 

 (Male, winter plumage.) 



