. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 339 under parts, white; bill, lead color; feet, flesh color; wing coverts, and some of the secondaries, heavily marked with white, forming a broad, white wing patch. Length, ; wing, 6; tarsus, ; bill, i. Adult female: Head and upper parts, brownish, showing a grayish white patch on the side of the head; under parts, white; speculum, white. Length, ; wing, ; tarsus, ; bill, i. This species, like the Golden-eye, builds its nest in a hollow tree or stump. It is common in
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 339 under parts, white; bill, lead color; feet, flesh color; wing coverts, and some of the secondaries, heavily marked with white, forming a broad, white wing patch. Length, ; wing, 6; tarsus, ; bill, i. Adult female: Head and upper parts, brownish, showing a grayish white patch on the side of the head; under parts, white; speculum, white. Length, ; wing, ; tarsus, ; bill, i. This species, like the Golden-eye, builds its nest in a hollow tree or stump. It is common in Illinois and Wisconsin during the migra- tions and in winter. There is no authentic record of its nest having been found in either state, although according to Kumlien and Hol- lister: "Young still unable to fly have been shot on Pewaukee Lake by B. F. ; (Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 25.) Genus HARELDA Stephens. 59. Harelda hyemalis (Linn.). Old-squaw. Clangula hyemalis (Linn.), A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 55. Local names: Old Wife. Long-tailed Duck. Distr.: Northern hemisphere, breeding from Hudson Bay and northern Labrador north to about latitude 82; winters in eastern United States from New England to the middle states and casually to Florida, on the Pacific side to California and Texas. Adult male in winter: Central tail feathers, black, much elongated; outer tail feathers, white; top of the head and back of the neck to back; white; a patch of grayish on the sides of the head, including the eye, which is succeeded by a patch of black on the sides of the neck, bordered on the lower throat by an indication of brown; throat and upper breast, pure white; breast and upper belly, black, the black continuing over the back in a band; lower belly and under tail coverts, white; wing coverts, black; quills, brown; a pale yellowish band across the end of the bill. Adult male in spring: Head, smoky brown or black; crown, black; a white patch on the face including the
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