106 FRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS. 



THE LONG-TAILED DUCK. 



Fuligula Glacialis. — Vvlgo, South- Southerly — Old Wife — Old 

 Squaw. 



Abundant iluring the winter along the coasts of the Atlantic 

 districts, to the mouths of the Mississippi. Never in the interior. 



" Specific Character. — Length of bill fi-om the terniination of 

 the Irontlet feathers to the point, one inch and one-sixteenth, 

 the upper mandible rounded ; the sides very thin ; the bill ra- 

 ther deeply serrated, and furnished with a long nail ; tail-fea- 

 thers acute. In the male the middle pair of tail-feathers are 

 extended about four inches beyond the next longest, which cha- 

 racter is wanting with the female. Adult male with the bill 

 black at the base ; anterior to the nostril reddish-orange, with 

 a dusky line margining the nail ; fore part of the head white, 

 the same color passing over the head down the hind-neck on 

 the back ; eyes dark-red ; cheeks and loral space dusky- white, 

 with a few touches of yellowish-brown ; a black patch on the sides 

 of the neck, terminating in reddish-brown ; fore-neck white ; 

 breast brownish-black, terminating in an oval form on the abdo- 

 men — the latter white ; flanks bluish- white ; primaries dark- 

 brown ; secondaries lighter broAvn, their coverts black ; a semi- 

 circular band of black on the fore part of the back ; the outer 

 two tail feathers white — the rest marked with brown, excepting 

 the four acuminated feathers, which are blackish-brown, the 

 middle pair extending several inches beyond the others. Female 

 without the long scapulars, or elongated tail feathers ; bill 

 dusky-green ; head dark grayish-brown ; a patch of grayish- 

 white on the sides of the neck ; cro^^^^ blackish ; upper parts 

 dark grayish-brown ; lower parts white. Length of male, fi-om 

 the point of the bill to the end of the elongated tail feathers, 

 twenty-three inches, wing eight inches and five-eighths. Female 

 about six inches less in length. 



" This hardy bird at the South is known by the name of 

 ' South-Southerly ;' in this vicinity it is called by our gunners 



