PINTAIL 
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Icelandic: Grasond, Grafond, Langvin graond. 
Gaelic: Lacha-mhara, Lacha-stuach, Lacha-stiuraeh. 
Lapplandic: Vuojas. 
Finnish: Jouhisorsa, Jouhihanta. 
Russian: Shilochwost. 
Polish: Kaczka rozenice. 
Czech: Ostralka. 
Hungarian: Nyilfarku recze. 
Italian: Codone, Anatra di coda lunga, Germano marino, Coda lancea, Carrabaru. 
Sardinian: Agu. 
Spanish: Rabilargo, Cua de chunc, Arrabio, Rabijunco, Anach marsench, Cua blarg, 
Cua d’auroneta, Cua de jonch. 
Lettish: Garkaklis. 
Croatian: Patka lastarka. 
Portuguese: Rabijunco, Arrabio. 
Maltese: Silfiun. 
Bengali: Dighans, Sho-lon-cho. 
Nepalese: Digunch. 
Ostiaks: Kurek. 
Kamchatka: Kagachynatch. 
Japanese: Onagagamo. 
Eskimo: Imooak, Nah-ling-eiv-e-nuk, Uk-shuk-uk. 
Mexican: Tzitzihoa. 
Arabic: Bat, Batteh. 
Hindu: Sinkpar. 
Sindhi: Kokarali, Drighush. 
Tartar: Siksedum. 
Korean: Heitshogatshi. 
Kuriles: Pakarichu. 
DESCRIPTION 
Adult Male: Head and upper neck gray, but darker and browner on the crown. Hind neck black, 
with a purplish gloss. Lower surface white, extending up on sides of breast and neck to a point on 
each side at the hind neck. Mantle, upper scapulars and flanks finely vermiculated with black and 
white wavy lines. Lower scapulars black, some of them with white margins. Back and rump gray. 
Central tail-feathers very long, pointed and black in color. Remainder of tail gray and buffy. Wing- 
coverts bluish gray, except the last row which carries a brown band. Speculum bronzy green mar- 
gined posteriorly with a black, and then with a white bar. Speculum framed on the interior margin 
with black. Primaries blackish. Tertials gray and black. Lower abdomen finely speckled with gray. 
Sides of rump white, under tail-coverts black, except the outer ones which have a white edge. Under 
wing-coverts brown and white; axillars white with a brown shaft. 
Iris dark brown. Bill black on the top of culmen and on nail, with the sides lead-blue. Legs 
and feet grayish or bluish gray. 
Wing 260-280 mm.; bill 48-52; tarsus 39^4; tail very variable, up to 200 mm. 
Weight 1 pound 10 oimces to 2 pounds 12 ounces (0.73 to 1.24 kilograms); only rarely above 
2 pounds 8 ounces. 
Adult Female: Top of head brown streaked with black. Rest of head and neck buffy or gray, 
streaked with dark brown or blackish. Mantle and scapulars dark gray to black, streaked and often 
