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HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA. 



crescent-shaped lines and marks which ornament its 

 neck and breast it has probably come by the dignified 

 appellation of lord, among the fishers of Newfound- 

 land. It is here too rare to have acquired any par- 

 ticular name.* 



THE LONG-TAILED DUCK. 



The Long-Tailed Duck (Fuligula Glacialis) is 

 often seen among the water birds on the Pacific shores. 

 This elegant and noisy duck, known so generally in 

 the Southern States by the nickname of ' South- 

 Southerly,' from its note, and, in most other parts by 

 the appellation of ' Old Squaws' or i Old Wives,' is 

 an Arctic inhabitant of both continents, and abounds 

 in the glacial seas of America, where it is seen com- 

 monly associated with the eider, surf, black and other 

 ducks of congenial habits, who invariably prefer the 



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