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FRANK FORESTER’S FIELD SPORTS. 
THE LONG-TAILED DUCK. 
Fuligula Glacialis .— Vulgo, South-Southerly—Old Wife — Old 
Squaw. 
Abundant during the winter along tlie coasts of the Atlantic 
districts, to the mouths of the Mississippi. Never in the interior. 
“ Specific Character. —Length of bill from the termination of 
the frontlet feathers to the point, one inch and one-sixteenth, 
the upper mandible rounded; the sides very thin ; the bill ra¬ 
ther deeply serrated, and furnished with a long nail; tail-fea¬ 
thers acute. In the male the middle pair of tail-feathers are 
extended about four inches beyond the next longest, which cha¬ 
racter is wanting with the female. Adult male with the bill 
black at the base; anterior to the nostril reddish-orange, with 
a dusky line margining the nail; fore part of the head white, 
the same color passing over the head down the hind-neck on 
the back ; eyes dark-red; cheeks and loral space dusky-white, 
with a few touches of yellowish-brown ; a black patch on the sides 
of the neck, terminating in reddish-brown; fore-neck white; 
breast brownish-black, terminating in an oval form on the abdo¬ 
men—the latter white; flanks bluish-white ; primaries dark- 
brown ; secondaries lighter brown, their coverts black ; a semi¬ 
circular band of black on the fore part of the back ; the outer 
two tail feathers white—the rest marked with brown, excepting 
the four acuminated feathers, which are blackish-brown, the 
middle pair extending several inches beyond the others. Female 
without the long scapulars, or elongated tail feathers; * bill 
dusky-green; head dark grayish-brown; a patch of grayish- 
white on the sides of the neck; crown blackish ; upper parts 
dark grayish-brown ; lower parts white. Length of male, from 
the point of the bill to the end of the elongated tail feathers, 
twenty-three inches, wing eight inches and five-eighths. Female 
about six inches less in length. 
“ This hardy bird at the South is known by the name of 
1 South-Southerlyin this vicinity it is called by our gunners 
