88 KEPOET OF 1\E^Y JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



150 Marila collaris (Donovon). 

 Eing-necked Duck. 



Adult male. — Length, 15.50-18. Wing, 8-8.50. Upper surface, black; head, 

 neck and fore part of breast, black ; the head and neck glossed with purple ; 

 chin, white ; a narrow chestnut collar completelj' encircles the neck ; wing 

 speculum, gray ; under part of body, white, finely vermiculated with gray on 

 the sides and posterior part of the abdomen ; under tail-coverts, black. 



Adult female. — Above, dull black ; breast and sides and back of neck, brown, 

 with a rusty tint ; sides of face and throat, white, mottled with gray ; abdo- 

 men, white, brown on the sides and posteriorly. 



Eare transient. 



Wilson^ records one shot on the Delaware March 10th, and Turn- 

 bull (1869) regarded them as frequent, which they are certainly not 

 at the present time. 



Mr. S. N. Ehoads tells me he has seen two or three on Newton 

 Creek, Camden county. 



151 Clangula clangula americana (Bonaparte). 

 Golden-eye, Whistler, Cubhead. 



Adult ' male. — Length, 19-23. Wing, 9-9.25. Head and throat all around, 

 black, glossed with green above, violet below ; a white patch at the base of the 

 bill : back, black ; wings with scapulars, coverts and secondaries, largely white, 

 streaked with black ; neck and entire under parts, white ; a few black streaks 

 on the sides and flanks ; tail, gray. 



Adult female. — Length, 16.50. Wing, 8. Head and throat all around, brown ; 

 upper parts, gray ; wing with a large white patch ; beneath, white, with a gray 

 breast baud. 



Young in first winter. — Similar to adult female, but with white neck, and 

 more or less developed white spots at the base of the bill ; scapulars with white 

 centers, and feathers of head and back somewhat tipped with black. 



Tolerably common transient or winter visitant on the bays along 

 the coast. Eare or casual on the rivers. Occurs October 15th to 

 April 1st. 



One was killed at Princeton in January, 1817.^ 



' Amer. Orn., VIII.. p. 61. 



= Green, Doughty's Cab. Nat. Hist., II., pp. 7-10. 



