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against the hind-neck, which is ashy-brown; eyebrow and lores 
pa^le brown, deepening into darker brown on the ear-coverts 
which are surmounted by a whitish line ; throat greyish' 
browner on the chin and lower throat ; sides of neck dull 
white ; fore-neck and chest grey, slightly tinged with ochre- 
lemainder of under surface white ; under wing-coverts and 
axillaries brown. Total length, 15-5 inches; culmen, n; 
wing, 8-5; tail, 3-0; tarsus, 1-3. 
Young Males.— Resemble the old female, but are more uni- 
form above and do not show the olive-grey margins * the 
back and wings black ; the scapulars lighter brown ’ with 
yellowish-brown margins and the feathers more pointed than 
in the female ; head and neck marked as in the female but 
the throat browner; the bronzy speculum on the win" is 
evident. " 
Nestling.— Dark brown, the head blacker, as also the sides of 
the face ; a white loral spot at the base of the bill and a mark 
of white above and below the eye ; throat white, extending 
on to the sides of the neck, but not joining behind ; a band 
of brown across the fore-neck ; remainder of under surface 
greyish ; the sides of the body and flanks brown. 
Range in Great Britain. — A winter visitant to our coasts, being 
more plentiful in Scotland than in England, and mostly so in 
the Hebrides, where it is known by the Gaelic name of Lack 
Bhinn, or the Musical Duck. In the Orkneys and the Shet- 
land Isles it is called “ Calloo,” from the note uttered by the 
male. Mr. Howard Saunders believes that the Long-tailed 
Duck breeds on some of the unfrequented lochs of Yell and 
Mainland in the latter group, though absolute proof is still 
wanting. To Ireland it is only an occasional visitor. 
Range outside the British Islands. — The Long-tailed Duck breeds 
throughout the Arctic Regions from Greenland and Iceland to 
Eastern Siberia, and again in Arctic America. In the New 
World it is generally called the “ Old Squaw.” In winter it 
visits the United States, and in Europe it has been found 
south to the northern countries of the Mediterranean, and 
it occurs in Japan and China at that season of the year, and 
also winters on Lake Baikal and the Caspian Sea. 
