. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . shading1 intopearl gray on sides. Adultmale in summer: sooty, ex-cept for white belly, ashgray face, and white eye-lids ; back and scapularsstreaked with female in winter : tailnot lengthened ; head,neck, and under partsmainly white ; chest gray-ish ; crown dusky, rest of upper parts dusky brown, the scapulars bor-dered with lighter brown. Adult female in summer: head and neckgrayish brown, with whitish spaces around eye and on side of
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . shading1 intopearl gray on sides. Adultmale in summer: sooty, ex-cept for white belly, ashgray face, and white eye-lids ; back and scapularsstreaked with female in winter : tailnot lengthened ; head,neck, and under partsmainly white ; chest gray-ish ; crown dusky, rest of upper parts dusky brown, the scapulars bor-dered with lighter brown. Adult female in summer: head and neckgrayish brown, with whitish spaces around eye and on side of : similar to female in summer. Male : length , , middle tail feathers , bill Female: length 15-16,wing 8-9, tail 8. Distribution. — Northern part of northern hemisphere ; south in winternearly across the United States ; breeding from Labrador to Alaska. Nest. —Usually on the grassy bank of a pond or stream, made of grassand lined with down. Eggs : 5 to 9. The old-squaw, or long-tailed duck, is mainly a bird of the arcticcoasts, migrating south into the northern United States in Fig. 77. GENUS HISTRIONICUS. 155. Histrionicus histrionicus (Linn.). HARLEQUIN small duck with moderate crest, short bill, and long sharp tail.
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