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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  back 
  head; 
  front 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  lower 
  neck, 
  breast 
  and 
  belly 
  buffy 
  white, 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color 
  running 
  up 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  between 
  the 
  

   bronzy 
  brown 
  of 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  nape; 
  upper 
  

   parts 
  in 
  general 
  and 
  flanks 
  waved 
  with 
  grayish 
  white 
  and 
  dusky; 
  longer 
  

   scapulars 
  black, 
  edged 
  with 
  buffy; 
  upper 
  and 
  under 
  tail 
  coverts 
  black, 
  the 
  

   upper 
  broadl}^ 
  edged 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  with 
  grayish 
  or 
  buffy 
  white 
  ; 
  a 
  white 
  

   patch 
  on 
  sides 
  of 
  rump; 
  tail 
  feathers 
  gray, 
  except 
  the 
  longer 
  central 
  

   pair 
  which 
  are 
  black, 
  glossed 
  with 
  darker 
  green 
  ; 
  wing 
  coverts 
  plain 
  brownish 
  

   gray; 
  mirror 
  bronzed 
  green, 
  bordered 
  in 
  front 
  by 
  rufous, 
  behind 
  by 
  blackish 
  

   and' 
  buffy 
  white, 
  inside 
  by 
  black 
  and 
  buffy; 
  bill 
  blackish 
  edged 
  with 
  grayish 
  

   blue; 
  feet 
  grayish 
  blue; 
  eyes 
  brown. 
  Female 
  and 
  young: 
  Head 
  and 
  neck 
  

   dingy 
  white, 
  often 
  tinged 
  with 
  rusty, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   head, 
  thickly 
  speckled 
  or 
  streaked 
  with 
  dusky; 
  upper 
  parts 
  brownish 
  

   black, 
  the 
  feathers 
  w4th 
  grayish 
  white 
  or 
  buffy 
  or 
  ocherous 
  edgings 
  and 
  

   broken 
  bars 
  and 
  loops; 
  under 
  parts 
  dingy 
  white 
  or 
  ochery 
  white, 
  mottled 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  with 
  dusky; 
  mirror 
  shows 
  the 
  pattern 
  of 
  the 
  males, 
  but 
  is 
  

   often 
  only 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  gra}^ 
  as 
  the 
  rufous 
  anterior 
  margin 
  is 
  usually 
  

   replaced 
  with 
  buffy 
  white. 
  

  

  Length, 
  male, 
  26-30 
  inches; 
  female, 
  20-24; 
  extent 
  33-36; 
  wing 
  9.8- 
  

   11; 
  tail, 
  male, 
  5-9; 
  female, 
  3.8-5; 
  bill 
  1.85-2.25; 
  tarsus 
  i. 
  55-1. 
  68; 
  middle 
  

   toe 
  and 
  claw 
  2.25. 
  

  

  Distribution 
  and 
  migration. 
  The 
  Pintail 
  is 
  a 
  fairly 
  common 
  migrant 
  

   in 
  the 
  coastal 
  region 
  and 
  inore 
  coiximon 
  in 
  the 
  marshes 
  of 
  western 
  New 
  

   York. 
  As 
  a 
  spring 
  migrant 
  it 
  ranks 
  among 
  the 
  River 
  ducks 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  

   Black 
  duck 
  in 
  abundance, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  Monroe 
  and 
  Ontario 
  counties, 
  being 
  

   slighth^ 
  more 
  numerous 
  than 
  the 
  Baldpate 
  and 
  like 
  that 
  species 
  is 
  apparently 
  

   commoner 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  autum.n. 
  On 
  Long 
  Island 
  it 
  arrives 
  

   from 
  February 
  15th 
  to 
  March 
  6th 
  and 
  passes 
  northward 
  from 
  March 
  24th 
  

   to 
  April 
  15th, 
  returning 
  from 
  August 
  25th 
  to 
  September 
  20th 
  and 
  passing 
  

   south 
  from 
  the 
  19th 
  to 
  the 
  30th 
  of 
  November. 
  In 
  western 
  New 
  York 
  its 
  

   arrival 
  is 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  three 
  weeks 
  later, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  sure 
  to 
  make 
  its 
  appearance 
  

   as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  niarshes 
  are 
  free 
  from 
  ice 
  and 
  is 
  sometimes 
  observed 
  as 
  late 
  

   as 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  Ma}'. 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  it 
  appears 
  mostly 
  in 
  small 
  flocks 
  or 
  as 
  

   single 
  individuals 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  September, 
  and 
  is 
  last 
  seen 
  

   from 
  the 
  25th 
  of 
  October 
  to 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  November. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  

   accidentally 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  in 
  winter, 
  but 
  spends 
  the 
  cold 
  season 
  mostly 
  

   from 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  southern 
  Illinois 
  and 
  British 
  Colimibia, 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  

  

  