Hareld

Hareld (Harelda), a genus of the duck family (Anatidae, see DUCK), having a short thick bill, and two feathers of the middle of the tail, in the males, greatly elongated. Two species are known; the best known, the Long-tailed Duck or Hareld (H. glacialis), inhabits the arctic regions both of the Old and New Worlds, its winter migrations in America extending as far south as the Carolinas.