232 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



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

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



Charitonetta albeola (male), 



Genus CLANGULA Leach. 



CLANQULA HYEMALIS (Z/;///.). 

 Old Squaw. Old Wife. South Southerly. 



Adult male ill winter: Central^tail feathers black, much elongated; outer tail feathers 

 white ; top of the head and back of the necic 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 

 ^jk belly black, the black continuing over the back in a 



^r*^f? ^» — ^ band: lower belly and under tail coverts white; wing 



coverts black ; quills brown ; a pale yellowish band 

 across the end of the bill. 



Male ill sum iner : 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 : Bill. i. 



iluniage.) 



