Eyes orange.

Female: differs a good deal from the male, and it would make the table too long to tell all the difference; but she has the same markings on the wings, and the same shaped bill.
A Citizen of North America who goes far north to find his summer home, and is chiefly seen in the United States in winter or during the migrations.

He is a twin brother of the Canvasback, and quite as good to eat.

Very few persons can tell a Redhead from a Canvasback at the dinner table, though many think they can, because if the Redhead is in good order and well roasted, they say it is Canvasback, and if the Canvasback is tough and done too much, they say it is only a Redhead.

Before the birds are plucked you can easily tell them apart; for the Canvasback has the head and beak differently shaped and much darker-colored; while the back is much whiter, because the black wavy lines are narrower than the white spaces between them, or even broken up in fine dots.
[Illustration: Old Squaw] Old Squaw Length from eighteen to twenty-three inches, the difference being due to the tail of the male, which in summer has the middle feathers eight or nine inches long.
This Duck differs more in summer and winter plumages than any other.