KEYS 73 



Key to California Game Birds — (Continued) 



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35. No white behind eye; folded wing more than 



8.00 inches (203 mm.) long; male with a 



white patch between bill and eye, female 



with whole head dull reddish brown. 



36. Head of male glossed with green; white 



spot between bill and eye, rounded. 



American Golden-eye 1G7 

 36'. Head of male glossed witli purple; white 

 spot between bill and eye triangular, 

 higher than wide. Barrow Golden-eye 173 

 35'. A single patch or band of white behind eye 

 (fig. 23); folded wing less than 7.25 inches 

 (184 mm.) long; no white spot in front of 

 bill of male. Buffle-head 177 



31'. Speculum never white (but white patches may be 

 present elsewhere on wing). 

 37, Wing less than 6.00 inches (152 mm.) long. 



Ruddy Duck 205 

 37'. Wing more than 6.50 inches (165 mm.) long. 



38. Lower tail coverts white. Old-sciuaw 181 



38'. Lower tail coverts not white. 



39. Wing more than 10.50 inches (266 mm.) long. 



King Eider 192 

 39'. Wing less than 10.00 inches (254 mm.) long. 

 40. Feathering at base of bill never extending 

 as far forward as within 0.25 inch (6.3 

 mm.) from nostril (fig. 27). 



American Scoter 194 

 40'. Feathering at base of bill approaching to 

 within 0.25 inch (6.3 mm.) of nostril. 

 41. Wing more than 8.50 inches (216 mm.) 

 long; bill more than 1.25 inches (31.8 

 mm.) long (fig. 29). Surf Scoter 201 



41'. Wing less than 8.50 inches (216 mm.) 

 long; bill less than 1.25 inches (31.8 

 mm.) long. Harlequin Duck 186 



IBISES AND SPOONBILL 



1. Bill not flattened, rather slender and curved downward toward tip. 

 2. Plumage chiefly white; larger; bill more than 8.00 inches (203 mm) 

 long; folded wing more than 16.00 inches (406 mm.) long. 



Wood Ibis 266 

 2'. Plumage chiefly deep brown; smaller; bill less than 6.00 inches 

 (152 mm.) long (fig. 44) ; folded wing less than 12.00 inches (305 

 mm.) long. White-faced Glossy Ibis 269 



1'. Bill straight, flat and broad, much expanded at tip (figs. 42 and 43); 



plumage pinkish. Roseate Spoonbill 262 



