Ducks 



154. Old-squaw {Harelda hyemahs). L. J 1 , 21; ?, 

 16; T. r?, 8; $,2.5. No colored speculum. /&£ •,". 

 Centra 1 tail-feathers much lengthened; in winter, 

 crown, nape, throat, and neck all around white. In 

 summer, black, with rusty markings on back. Ad. + . 

 winter. Cheeks, neck all around, and underparts white; 

 breast and sides of neck dusky. In summer, crown, 

 cheeks and nape blackish, throat and breast dusky; a 

 whitish patch back of eye. Notes. In spring, a rich, 

 musical a-leedle-a, frequently repeated in deep, reed- 

 like tones. (Nelson.) Also u o-onc-o-onc-ougb-egh- 

 ougb-egb." (Mackay.) 



Range. — Northern hemisphere; breeds from northern Labrador and 

 Aleutian Islands north to Arctic Ocean; winters south to Virginia, 

 Upper Mississippi Valley, and California, "rarely to Florida and Tex- 



155. Harlequin Duck {Histrionicus histrionicus). L. 



17. Ad. cj\ Back and breast slaty blue; head darker. 

 Ad. $. Front half of cheeks and spot over ears 

 whitish; above blackish brown; below dusky and 

 whitish. Notes. "A confusion of low gabbling and 

 chattering notes." (Nelson.) 



Range. — "Northern North America, breeding from Newfoundland. 

 the northern Rocky Mountains, and the Sierra Nevadas (latitude 

 38 ), northward; south in winter to the Middle States and California; 

 eastern Asia, Iceland." (A. O. U.) 



156. Labrador Duck {Carnptolaimus labradorius). 

 L. 20. Ad. o 71 - Primaries blackish; rest of wing 

 white. Ad. ?. Ashy gray: speculum white. Yng. 

 $. Like 9, but throat and ends of greater wing- 

 coverts white. 



Range. — Formerly North Atlantic coast; bred from Labrador north- 

 ward; wintered south to New Jersey; believed to be extinct; 

 last records, Grand Menan, New Brunswick, 1871; Long Island, 1875. 



157. Steller Eider [Eniconetta stellen). L. 18. 

 Ad. tf. Throat and neck black nearly divided by a 

 white ring; top and sides of head white, forehead and 

 nape greenish; breast chestnut. Ad. $. Above and 

 below black and rusty; speculum purple bordered with 

 white; tail feathers pointed. 



Range.— "Arctic and subarctic coasts of the northern hemisphere 

 Aleutian Islands, east to Unalaska and Kadiak; Kenai Peninsula.'' 

 (A. O. U.) 



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