OLD SQUAW; LONG-TAILED DUCK. 



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abundant, and probably breeding. During my visit to the latter 

 point, extending through the latter half of May and the first half of 

 June, not a single individual of this species was seen, nor was it 

 found by me along the coast farther to the north." 



Dr. Hatch, in his report on the birds of Minnesota, says of the 

 Buffle-head : " Such has been my confidence that to a limited extent 

 they breed here, that I have left no opportunity unimproved to 

 discover the final proof by the finding of a veritable nest. But for 

 this testimony I must still wait, notwithstanding the oft-repeated 

 assurances of several persons that they have found them. In one 

 instance my hopes had been nearly realized, when I found the nest to 

 be that of the Wood Duck." 



In Southern Ontario they are among the first to arrive in spring 

 and the last to leave in the fall, being apparently quite hardy and 

 able to stand the cold. 



GENUS CLANGULA LEACH. 

 CLANGULA HYEMALIS (LiNN.). 



54. Old Squaw; Long-tailed Duck. (154) 



Tail, of fourteen narrow pointed feathers, in the male in summer the central 

 ones very slender and much elongated, nearly or quite equalling the wing; nail 

 of bill occupying the whole tip; seasonal changes remarkable. Male, in sum- 

 mer: With the back and the long narrowly lanceolate scapulars varied with 

 reddish-brown, wanting in winter, when this color is exchanged foi- pearly-gray 

 or white ; general color, blackish or very dark brown ; below from the breast 

 abruptly, white; no white on the wing; sides of head, plumbeous -gray ; in 



