470 ANATID^i:. 



black bands, formed by the black base of the secondaries showing 

 through and by the base of the greater coverts ; tcrtials very 

 broad and long, black, with a mesial longitudinal white band ; under 

 wing-coverts brown, edged with white ; axillaries white ; tail brown : 

 " bill black ; irides bright yellow ; legs and feet yellowish brown " 

 {B., B., cf E.). Total length about 17-5 inches, wing 7-75, tail 4, 

 cnlmen 1'6, tarsus 1*4. 



Female. Smaller than the male ; head, neck, upper breast, sides, 

 flanks, and upper parts brown, lighter on the sides of the head, neck, 

 and breast ; the crest reddish brown, lighter at the tip ; throat 

 whitish brown ; the brown feathers of the breast, flanks, and upper 

 parts have lighter edges ; breast and abdomen pure white ; longer 

 under tail-coverts brown, freckled with paler ; upper wing-coverts 

 greyish brown, the greater ones black, tipped with white, forming 

 a white band across the wing ; quiUs brown, secondaries edged 

 with white on the outer web, forming an imperfect wing-speculum ; 

 tcrtials black, with a mesial white band along the middle ; under 

 wing-coverts, axillaries, and tail as in the male : " maxilla black, 

 edged with orange ; mandible orange ; iris hazel ; feet dusky " 

 (B., B., 4- E.). 



Young in first plumage. Similar to the adult female, but are 

 somewhat browner and have the crest rudimentary or wanting, the 

 sides and posterior part of the crissum more distinctly brown. 



Young in down. "Above deep hair-brown, darkest on the back and 

 rump ; posterior border of the arm-wing, a small spot on each side 

 of the back (nearly concealed by the closed wing), and a larger one 

 on each side of the rump white ; lower half of the head (from about 

 on a line with the eye) brownish buff, paler on the chin and throat ; 

 jugulum light dingy brownish ; remaining lower parts dingy white, 

 the sides brown, like the upper part" {B., B., t|- E.). 



Hah. North America in general, north to Alaska and (accidentally) 

 Greenland, south to Mexico and Cuba ; casual in the British Isles. 



a. d imm. st. 



fj, c. c? 5 ad. St. 

 d. c? juv. St. 

 e,f. c?" ? ad. sk. 

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juv. sk. 

 I, m. (5 ad. et juv. 



sk. 

 n, o. 5 juv. sk. 



p-x. d" 2 fid. et 



(? juv. sk. 

 «/-«'. d 2 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 h'. 2 ad. sk. 

 c'. Pull. sk. 

 d'. 2 ad. St. 

 e'. j ad. St. 



N. America. 



N. America. 

 N. America. 

 Vancouver Island. 

 49th Parallel. 



Washington, D.C. (C. Drex- 



ler). 

 Big Moose Lake, New York, 



July, Oct. {A. K. Fisher). 

 Tarpon Springs, Florida, Nov., 



Dec. ( W. E. D. Scott). 

 Corpus Christi, Texas, Oct., 



Dec. (F. B. Armstronff). 

 Jalapa, Mexico {de Oca). 

 No locality. 

 [S. America.] 

 Yorkshire, England. 



Bay Co. 



Hudson's 



[P.]. 



Ilardwicke Bequest. 

 Purchased. 

 J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 

 N. America Bound- 

 ary Comm. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould CoU. 

 Old Coll. 

 I'urchased. 



