RANGE--Eastern North America, breeding from northern border of United
States northward.
NEST--In holes of trees lined with dry grass, moss, and feathers.
EGGS--Five to eight.
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DOWNY WOODPECKER.--_Dryobates pubescens._ Other name: "Little or Lesser
Sapsucker." This, however, is a misnomer.
RANGE--Northern and eastern North America, and sporadically the western
portions--Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, etc.
NEST--In an excavation in a tree.
EGGS--Four or five, rarely six, pure glossy white.
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OLD SQUAW DUCK.--_Clangula hyemalis._ Other names: South Southerly;
Long-tailed Duck; Swallow-tailed Duck; Old Injun (Mass. and Conn.) Old
Molly; Old Billy; Scolder (New Hampshire and Massachusetts.)
RANGE--Northern hemisphere; south in winter to nearly the southern border
of the United States.
NEST--On the margins of lakes and ponds, among low bushes or low grass,
warmly lined with down and feathers.
EGGS--From six to twelve, of pale, dull grayish pea-green.
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