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"Found in Blackhawk county in winter and early spring on 

 the Cedar; scarce" (Peck). Linn — "rare winter resident" (Berry); 

 Lee — "abundant winter resident — Keokuk district" (Praeger); 

 "winter resident; very abundant" (Currier). Scott — "common 

 winter resident when river is open — Rock Island" (Wilson). Des 

 Moines — Specimens in University museum, taken Jan. 29, 1893; 

 March 22, 1893; Nov. 11, 1894, Burlington, by Paul Bartsch. 



46. (152). Oangula islaiidica {Gmel.). Barrow Golden-eye. 



The Barrow Golden-eye is a very rare or infrequent visitor in 

 the state. This is even a more hardy species than the preceding 

 and is most apt to occur in the winter where open water is found. 

 A specimen in the University museum was taken at Independence 

 Oct. II, 1892, by Robert E. Leach, (C. C. Nutting, Proc. Iowa 

 Acad. Sci., 1892, 40). It was reported from Pottawattamie and 

 Mills as a "rare migrant" (Trostler); Linn — "rare winter visit- 

 ant" (Berry); Lee — "rare winter resident — Keokuk district" 

 (Praeger); "rare winter visitant" (Currier). 



"Last year one was sent me from near the Iowa state line which 

 was a typical bird, and Dr. Hvoslef (Lanesboro) has a female of 

 this species in typical plumage" (Hatch, Bds. of Minn., 65). "A 

 rare winter visitant in eastern Nebraska; more numerous west- 

 ward. Reported from Omaha," etc. (Rev. Bds. Neb., 28-29). 



Genus Charitonetta Stejnejer. 



47- (153)- CharHo)utta albeola (Linn.). Buffle-head. 



The Buffle-head, Butter-duck, or Spirit Duck is a common 

 migrant in nearly all parts of the state. It seems to be rarer along 

 the Missouri, being reported as a "scarce migrant in Pottawat- 

 tamie and Mills" (Trostler), and as an "uncommon transient" at 

 Sioux City (Rich). W. W. Cooke states that it "breeds at Clear 

 Lake, Iowa, and Heron Lake, Minn., and northward" (Bird Migr. 

 in Miss. Val., 73), but it is not known to remain during the summer 

 at the present time. The Buffle-head is a very expert diver, and 

 relying upon its agilit}'- for protection, sometimes lets a hunter 

 approach quite closel}^ 



Genus Harei^da Stephens. 

 48. (154). Harelda hy emails (Linn.). Old-squaw. 



The Old-squaw or Long-tailed Duck is a far Northern visitor 



