BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 



139 



OLD-SQUA\A^ (Harelda hyemalis) . 



Common or local names: Old Injun; Old Wife; Long-tail; South Southerly; Cockawee; 

 Scoldenore; Scolder; Quandy. 



Males. 



Winter. 



Spring. 



Length. — Male, variable up to 23 inches; female, about 16 inches. 



Adult Male in Winter. — Patch on side of head and neck blackish brown 

 (occasionally nearly absent); side of head elsewhere light gray, some- 

 times extending to forehead; rest of head, including eyelids, neck and 

 upper breast, white; back, wings and tail dark brown or blackish; two 

 light pearl gray patches extending back over shoulders and scapulars; 

 lower breast and upper belly brown, rest of belly white; two middle 

 tail feathers black, very long and narrow; outer tail feathers white; 

 base and extreme tip of bill black, the rest pink and yellow; feet pale 

 slate. 



Adult Male in Late Spring. — Sides of head gray and white; rest of head, neck, 

 back, breast, and upper belly dark brown or brownish black; feathers 

 of the upper back and shoulders margined with reddish brown; most of 

 belly white; tail feathers and feet as in winter. 



AduU Female in Winter. — Head, neck and lower parts mostly white; top 

 and back of head, throat and a variable spot on side of head dusky; 

 other upper parts and upper breast mainly dusky brown; shoulders 

 lighter; middle tail feathers not elongated. 



AduU Female in Spring. — Similar to female in winter, but sides of head 

 and neck largely dusky; feathers of the back margined with brown. 



Young in Winter. — Similar to adult female in winter, or with head and 

 neck chiefly grayish; sides of head whitish; breast streaked with dusky; 

 often lacking much of the white of the adults. 



