236 DUCKS. 



from Tex. to Alaska. Winters, commonly 

 from N. C. through Gulf States; south in 

 Sept. and Oct., north in April. Uncommon 

 in Atlantic coast states north of N. C. 

 Occurs in small ponds both salt and fresh in 

 small flocks. Nests, on ground; eggs, 6-10, 

 greenish. Note of male, a short, gutteral 

 ihuck\ female, quack. 



205. PINTAIL. 



Larger, 25, neck, long and thin; central 

 tail feathers, long, narrow, bill not widened 

 at tip; speculum, violet-green; head, neck 

 and back, brown; two lines of white extend 

 down sides of neck with a patch of black 

 between and join the of lower parts; wing 

 coverts ashy, greater tipped with reddish; 

 bill blue, line on top black, feet bluish, 

 fig. 179. Female, speculum gray; dark- 

 brown above marked with lighter; yellow- 

 ish-white beneath; white wing-band in both 

 sexes. Northern Hemisphere, in N. A. 

 breeds north of U. S.; south in Sept.-Nov. to 

 winter from Gulf States to Pamama, when 



