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Stellars duck (male) 
bird Jii line dropped to the water dead, 
and the other three flew safely on. , It 
was then that I fully realized the tre- 
mendous speed those little ducks had 
been making and how completely I had 
under-estimated it. 
The buffle-head is distinctly a North 
American species. It migrates from the 
Arctic Sea to the Gulf of Mexico. It is 
often called butter-ball, dipper and has 
other local names. 
THE LONG-TAILED DUCK 
B ECAUSE of their habit of gabbling 
and scolding noisily among them- 
selves like a party of gossiping old 
women, these ducks have been given 
many names, some of which are rather 
amusing. Old wife, old south-southerly, 
old Molly, Injun, scolder, old gabbler, as 
well as old squaw are some of the popu- 
lar names. 
In winter when the bay and marsh are 
shrouded with ice and snow and most 
wild voices are hushed, the old squaws 
are the noisiest and most talkative birds 
that visit us. 
From far out among the drifting ice 
cakes comes the constant clanging, quer- 
ulous call, ringing clear and loud amid 
the frozen silence. “Ough-ough-egh- 
oughly,” or something much to that ef- 
fect, is ever a familiar cry to the duck 
hunter. 
The old squaw comes down from its 
breeding ground in the Arctic regions 
only when ice-bound waters compel it 
to seek warmer climes for its food. Dur- 
ing an open winter they will remain far 
north until very late and only the cold- 
est weather to the north of us will 
bring them to the waters of our northern 
states. Sometimes they go as far south 
as the Potomac and Ohio Rivers, but sel- 
dom further. Although they are found 
both in the interior and on the coasts, 
they are lovers first of the sea and are 
often seen with the coots in flocks far 
off shore. They are expert divers and 
swift flyers. 
Since its diet is almost wholly com- 
posed of fish, the flesh of the long- tailed 
duck is rank, tough and altogether un- 
desirable for the table. It comes occa- 
sionally to the decoys and, unless for the 
sake of the practice to be had from the 
shooting, it would hardly be to the hunt- 
er’s advantage if it came more often. 
Male, in winter: Head white, gray on 
sides; neck, back and upper parts of 
chest white; middle of back rump, upper 
tail coverts and wings black; breast and 
upper part of abdomen dark brown; un- 
derneath white; scapulars light gray; 
REST AND STREAM 
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Where Pirates Once Held Revel 
Among South Sea Islands, once favorite haunts of Capt. 
Kidd and his kind, now skim rowboats, canoes and other 
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