364 FEATHERED GAME 
forepart of the back almost white, with a gray- 
ish patch on the cheeks and a dark brown spot 
under the ears. Upper breast dark brown be- 
tween the white of the neck and the under parts. 
Bill mostly orange, with nail and central line 
of the mandible black. When a flock of winter 
Squaws goes past it looks like a snow squall 
driving over the waves. Occasional males are 
taken in a curiously pied and mixed dress, a 
stage between the regular plumages. Some 
birds are found carrying the winter dress 
through the summer or vice versa. 
The female is a modestly attired duck. She 
has not the elongated central tail feathers. 
Her head, neck and upper parts in general are 
like the male’s but paler and of less decided 
colors; grayish brown with a whitish patch on 
neck and about the eye. Under parts white ex- 
cept the upper part of the breast which is light 
brown. 
The length of the male bird varies according 
to the development of his tail feathers from 
twenty to twenty-three inches; extent about 
thirty inches. The length of the female about 
eighteen inches; extent. a trifle less than that of 
