194 WATER FOWL. 



secondaries and feathers of the rump, edged with pale raw umber 

 brown, sometimes with ashy. Tail, grayish brown, edges of 

 feathers, ashy; central pair not elongated. 



Young.— %vca\\&x to female, but the head and upper parts, 

 darker and without the' light border to the feathers of the latter. 

 Lores, grayish brown, and the light patch about the eye smaller 

 and rather indistinct; upper part of breast, brownish black, with 

 gray tips to the feathers, graduating into the pale gray of the 

 lower breast. Under parts, pure white. Feathers of the tail, 

 grayish brown, with white margins. In this stage of plumage, 

 this bird is very somber and unattractive. 



Downy Young. — Head and upper parts, hair brown. Grayish 

 white markings near eye ; dusky stripe from corner of mouth to 

 back of head. Under parts, white; dark brown band across 

 breast. 



