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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. 



Chaiitonetta albeola (male). 



Genus CLANGULA Leach. 



CLANGULA HYEMALIS (//;/;/.). 

 Old Squaw. Old Wife. South Southerly. 



Adult male in ivinter: Central tail feathers black, much elongated; outer tail feathers 

 white; top of the head and back of the neck to back white; a patch of i>,rayish 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 l)elly and under tail coverts white; wing 

 coverts black ; quills brown ; a pale yellowish band 

 across the end of the bill. 



Male ill suiiuiicr: Front of the head white: rest 

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



Adult female ill 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, S.05 : Hill. i. 



(Male, winter plumage.) 



