146 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



tail-feathers about 5 inches long. Male with head 

 and upper neck hair-brown, darker on crown, 

 upper half of hind neck black, with a white stripe 

 on each side, confluent with white of lower parts. 

 Female : Above grayish-dusky, lower parts mostly 

 white. Young, similar to female. 



34. Wood Duck. 



Length about 20 inches. Bill about 1J inches 

 long. Head metallic green, purple and violet, 

 with white lines extending backward along crest. 

 Upper parts mostly velvety-black, varied with 

 metallic tints, chest chestnut and purple, marked 

 with white spots. Female: Upper parts grayish- 

 brown, wings richly glossed with metallic tints, 

 lower parts mostly white, chest brownish, spotted 

 with whitish or buff. 



35. Redhead. 



Length about '21 inches. Bill about 2J inches 

 long. Head and upper half of neck chestnut-red, 

 chest black, below white. Female: Grayish-brown, 

 darker above. 



36. Canvas-back. 



Length about 23 inches. Bill about 2J inches 

 long. Head and neck reddish-brown, blackish on 

 top of head, chest and upper back black, other 

 parts whitish, finely waved with dusky. Female : 



