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Bucephala albeola, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 797 (I808) ; id. Cat. N. 

 A7JI. B. n. ;j95 (1859) ; Coop. ^- Suckl. N. H. Wash. Ten: p. 259 

 (1860) ; Blakist. Ibis, 1862, p. 10, 1863, p. 148 ; Dress. Ibis, 1866, 

 p. 44 (Texas); Coties, Pr. Ac. Philad. 1866, p. 99 (Arizona); 

 Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 297 (1866) ; Gundl. Bepert. Fis.- 

 Nat. Cuba, i. p. 390 (1860) ; Bro\cn, Ibix, 1868, p. 426 (Van- 

 couver I.) ; Dall ^- Bann. Tr. Chic. Acad. i. p. 298 (Alaska, 

 breedinp:) (1869); Stev. U.S. Geol. Sun: Terr. 1870, p. 466 

 (Wyoming) ; G. B. Gr. Ilaiid-list, ii. p. 87, n. 10699 (1871) : 

 Aiken, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. p. 210 (Colorado) (1872) ; Cones, 

 Key, p. 290 (1872) ; id. Check-list N. Am. B. n. 507 (1873) ; 

 Snoiv, B. Eans. p. 11 (1873) : Sclat. S,- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. 

 p. 130 (1873) ; Cones, Birds N.- West, p. 577 (1874) ; Gundl. J.f. O. 

 1875, p. 383 (Cuba) ; Sah: P. Z. S. 1883, p. 428 (Esquimalt). 



Fuligula (Glaucion) albeola, Bchnw. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 5. 



Charitonetta albeola, Stejn. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 29, p. 166 (1885) 

 (Commander Islands) ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Am. B. p. 120, 

 n. 153 (1886); Tu)-ner, Contr. N. H. of Alaska, p. 134 (1886) ; 

 Nelson, Nat. Hist. Coll. in Alaska, p. 72 (1887) ; ttidgic Man. N. 

 Am. B. p. 106 (1887) ; Stejn. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 137 (1887) 

 (Commander I.) ; Cory, Auk, 1888, p. 67 (Cuba) ; Hatch, B. of 

 Minnes. p. 66 (1892). 



Adult male. Head and upper half of the neck metallic green, 

 with a purple gloss on the crown, sides of the neck, and throat ; a 

 large patch of pure white on the sides of the head, extending from 

 the eye back to the occiput ; lower neck all round, breast, and 

 underparts pure white ; back and rump black ; upper tail-coverts 

 pearl-grey : scapulars white, the longer ones tipped Av^th black ; 

 wings black, with a large white patch covering the central wing- 

 coverts and the secondaries; marginal wing-coverts black, edged 

 with white ; under wing-coverts blackish, more or less edged with 

 white ; axillaries black ; tail dark grey : bill bluish black ; irides 

 dark brown ; legs and toes pinkish, the webs and joints darker. 

 Total length about 15 inches, wing 7, tail 3"5, culmen 1, tarsus I'l. 



Female. Head and neck brown, with a slight purple gloss ; a 

 white longitudinal patch on the cheeks and ear-coverts ; upper 

 parts blackish brown, rump blacker ; upper tail-coverts greyish ; 

 underparts white ; sides, flanks, vent, and under tail-coverts dull 

 greyish, also the breast slightly tinged with grey ; apical half of 

 the secondaries white, forming the speculum; the greater wing- 

 coverts have subapical white spots, and are edged with white at the 

 tip ; tail brownish grey : bill dusky, inclining to plumbeous at end 

 and along commissure ; iris dark brown ; legs and toes dilute 

 lilac-pink, the webs and joints darker. Total length about 12-5 

 inches, wing 6, culmen 1, tarsus 1. 



Younr/ males in the first autumn resemble females. 



Ilah. North America, breeding northward from Labrador to 

 Alaska ; migrating south in winter to Mexico ; occasionally straying 

 to Cuba, Europe, and to Asia (Commander Islands). 



a. S ad. St. N. America. Hardwicke Bequest. 



b. (S juv. St. N. America. Audubon Coll. 



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