. Birds and nature . ili-^^H,..-^-^ #. FROM COL. F. M. WOODRUF ]165 OLDSQUAW DUCK. (Clangula hyemalis). K Life-size. MUVFCPD CHICAGO regarding the Old Squaw, which is thefirst duck to arrive in these high north-ern latitudes in the spring. He says:During all the spring season until theyoung begin to hatch, the males have arich musical note, imperfectly repre-sented by the syllables a-leedle-a, a-leedle-a, frequently repeated in deepreed-like tones. Amid the general hoarsechorus of water-fowl at this season, thenotes of the Old Squaw are so harmoni-ous that the fur traders of the UpperYukon hav
. Birds and nature . ili-^^H,..-^-^ #. FROM COL. F. M. WOODRUF ]165 OLDSQUAW DUCK. (Clangula hyemalis). K Life-size. MUVFCPD CHICAGO regarding the Old Squaw, which is thefirst duck to arrive in these high north-ern latitudes in the spring. He says:During all the spring season until theyoung begin to hatch, the males have arich musical note, imperfectly repre-sented by the syllables a-leedle-a, a-leedle-a, frequently repeated in deepreed-like tones. Amid the general hoarsechorus of water-fowl at this season, thenotes of the Old Squaw are so harmoni-ous that the fur traders of the UpperYukon have christened it the Organ Duck, a well-merited name. I have fre-quently stopped and listened with deeppleasure to these harmonious tones,while traversing the broad marshes inthe dim twilight, at midnight, and whilepassing a lonely month on the drearybanks of the Yukon delta I lay in myblankets many hours at night and lis-tened to these rythmical sounds, whichwith a few exceptions were the only onesto break the silence. These notes are
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