Plate CCCXII. Male, Female, and Young.
Male with the bill black in its basal half, orange-yellow towards the
end; the scapulars much elongated and tapering, the tail very long,
acuminate, of fourteen feathers; a large oblong greyish-white patch on
each side of the head from the bill to behind the ear; the upper part
of the head and nape black, that colour being narrowed in front by the
encroachment of the white patches; neck all round, and anterior half
of the breast, dark chocolate; back and wing-coverts brownish-black;
scapulars broadly margined with light reddish-brown; quills chocolate,
secondaries externally margined with lighter, primaries internally;
middle four feathers of the tail brownish-black, the outer two of
these margined with white, all the rest white, but the inner with a
longitudinal patch of dusky on the outer webs. Male in winter with the
head, neck, fore part of back, and scapulars, white; space about the
eye pale greyish-red, and a large oblong patch of chocolate-brown on
the side of the neck; upper parts including the middle four
tail-feathers, brownish-black, but the secondary quills tinged with
reddish-brown, and having paler margins; anterior half of breast
chocolate-brown, the rest of lower parts and the four lateral
tail-feathers white. Female considerably smaller, with the scapulars
not elongated, and the tail short and rounded; bill dusky green; head
dark greyish-brown, with a patch of greyish-white surrounding the eye,
but not extending to the bill; a large patch of the same colour on the
side of the neck, the hind part of which is dusky brown, the fore part
greyish-brown, the feathers broadly margined with whitish; the upper
parts dark greyish-brown, the two lateral tail-feathers edged with
white; lower parts white, the feathers under the wings slightly tinged
with grey.
_Male_, 23, 29-1/2. _Female_, 15-3/4, 26.
Breeds from Labrador northward to the Arctic Seas. Abundant during
winter along the coasts of the Atlantic Districts to the mouth of the
Mississippi. Never in the interior.
Long-tailed Duck, Anas glacialis, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p.
93.
Fuligula glacialis, Bonap. Syn. p. 395.
Long-tailed Duck, Harelda glacialis, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor.
Amer. v. ii. p. 460.
Long-tailed Duck, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 453.
Long tailed Duck, Fuligula glacialis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv.
p. 103.