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parts white ; upper parts pied ; female, head brown ; white 

 collar of neck broader ; chest grayish ; wings dusky. Length, 

 16J inches. Length of male, 18| to 23 inches. 



" Not very abundant. Generally found on the sea-board from 

 November to March, and inland. Many were formerly killed 

 on the Delaware, above Burdentown." 



CHARIONETTA, Stejn. 



C. albeola, L. [Chmgula, Bucej)hala.) Bnffle-head. Dipper. Butter- 

 ball. Spirit Duck. 



Male, head, &c., rich dark green, bronze and violet purple, 

 with large white patch behind eyes ; back black ; nearly all the 

 rest of plumage white; female, head and upper parts grayish 

 brown ; belly white, graduating into gray on sides, front and 

 posteriorly ; inner secondaries, ear coverts, &c., white. Length, 

 13 inches. Length of male, 15 inches. 



" Common. More abundant on the sea-board than inland? 

 although one of the more common of the river ducks. Occa- 

 sionally met with during the summer." 



CLANGULA, Leach. 



C. hyemalis, L. {Harekla, Leach,) [glacialis — Abbott's Catalogue.) 

 Old Squaw. Old-wife. Long-tailed Duck. South-southerly. 



Male, in winter, lower parts white, grayish on sides ; upper 

 parts and breast black ; upper back and chest, head and neck, 

 white ; sides of head and neck grayish and dusky ; in summer, 

 forehead pale gray ; behind eyes white ; head, neck and upper 

 parts sooty brown or blackish, shading into the white of lower 

 parts ; female, in winter, head, neck and lower parts white ; top 

 of head dusky; chest grayish; upper parts dusky brown; in 

 summer, head and neck dark grayish brown ; white space on sides 

 of neck and around eyes. Length, 15 J inches; of male, 22 

 inches ; middle tail feathers, 8 inches. 



" Common, though more abundant during some seasons than 

 others. Is properly a marine species, but is occasionally seen 

 inland. Following a very violent northeast storm in February, 

 a large flock appeared on the Delaware, near Trenton, and fully 

 one hundred were killed. This was in 1860, and they have not 

 been seen since in the same locality" (1867). — [C. C. A.] 



