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belly. There is a distinct patch of white on the cheeks and a 

 white speculum on the wings. This bird is noted as a diver, 

 being compared to the grebes. (Dipper; Spirit-duck ; Butter- 

 ball.) 



Length, 14J ; wing, 6^ (6-7) ; tarsus, 1^; culmen, 1. North America; 

 breeding from Maine and Montana northward, and wintering from the 

 Middle States to West Indies and Mexico. 



19. Old-squaw (154. Harilda hyemMis). — In winter it is 

 a long-tailed, brown duck, with a white belly, head, and neck, 

 except a brown patch 

 on the side of the 

 head, gray around the 

 eyes, and light gray 

 shoulder feathers. In 

 early spring it is 

 sometimes found in 

 more or less of breed- 

 ing dress, when the 

 whole upper parts, 

 including neck and 

 breast, are rich browns, excepting a large patch of light gray 

 around the eyes. The female lacks the two long tail feathers of 

 the male, and is a white-bellied, blackish-brown-backed, white- 

 headed duck, with blackish spots on cheeks, crown, and chin. 

 The scolding or talking notes of this bird have given it many of 

 the common names. (Long-tail ; South-southerly ; Old-wife.) 



Length, 15-23; wing, 8f (8^-9) ; tail, female 2J, male 8; tarsus, l\; 

 culmen, \\. Northern hemisphere ; breeding in the Arctic regions and in 

 America, wintering south to Virginia and Kentucky, rarely to Florida 

 and Texas. 



20. Harlequin Duck (155. Histridnicus histridnicus). — A 

 northern, rich, blue-slate-colored duck, with fantastically 

 arranged white marks, brown belly, and chestnut sides. 

 There are two white collars, one above and one below the 

 breast; three white patches on the side of head and neck, 

 one at base of bill, one on cheek, and one on side of neck; 



Old-squaw 



