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he calls the morillon. More modern orni- 

 thologists have, however, ascertained that the 

 morillon is none other than the female and im- 

 mature male of the golden-eye. The error doubt- 

 less arose from the fact of the mature males being 

 so much less frequently met with, and so different 

 in plumage to the duck and young drake. 



The long-tailed duck, or calloo, as it is termed 

 in the Orkneys and Shetlands, is not uncommon 

 on the East coast of England, and fairly common 

 in North Britain from November to April. The 

 long tail-feathers, from which it derives its name, 

 are fourteen in number, and are about ten inches 

 in length, the entire length of the male bird, in- 

 cluding these, being from twenty-two to twenty- 

 six inches. According to Colonel Irby, the winter 

 plumage of the male and female birds is as follows : 



'Male in Winter. Scapulars white; rump black. 

 Two centre tail-feathers black, and about five 

 inches longer than the rest, which are white. 



'Female in Winter. Crown and chin dark 

 brown ; sides of head dull white ; patch on each 

 side of neck dark brown ; tail not elongated.' 



It is a handsome, graceful, and somewhat 

 peculiar-looking bird, and ' in summer the fore- 

 head, forecrown, and sides of the head of the male 

 are sooty-gray, the space round the eye whitish ; 

 throat, neck, and breast black ; the back black 

 margined with rufous. The female is grayer in 

 summer than in the winter/ 



Some few pairs of the scoter, or black duck, 



