244 



SQUAWS. 



215. BUFFLE-HEAD. 



Small, 14; feathers of head elongated; 

 head and back, black; triangular patch, 

 back of eye, broad line through wing and 

 beneath, white; fig. 187. Female, brown 

 above, white below; white patch on wing 

 and a small one back of eye and below it. 



Fig. 188 Fig. 189 



Harlequin. 1-15. Old Squaw. 1-15. 



Breeds chiefly north of the U. S.; south in 

 Oct. to winter from Mass, to Fla.; north in 

 March. 



216. OLD SQUAW. 



18, neck short; central tail feathers 

 elongated and narrow; summer, head, neck, 

 breast, upper parts and middle tail, black ; 

 sides of head and body, ashy; patch behind 



