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nrSTOFvY OF CALIPORXIA. 



crescent-shaped lines and marks -which ornament ita 

 neck and breast it has probably come by the dignified 

 appellation of lord, among the fishers of Newfound- 

 land. It is here too rare to have acquired any par- 

 ticular name.* 



THE LONG-TAILED DUCK. 



The Long-Tailed Duck {Fuligula Crlacialis) is 

 often seen among the water birds on the Pacific shores. 

 This elegant and noisy duck, known so generally in 

 the Southern States by the nickname of * South- 

 Southerly,' from its note, and, in most other parts by 

 the appellation of * Old Squaws' or ' Old Wives,' is 

 an Arctic inhabitant of both continents, and abounds 

 in the glacial seas of America, where it is seen com- 

 monly associated with the eider, surf, black and <?ther 

 ducks of congenial haj^its, who invariably prefer the 



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