DIKKCTORY TO BIRDS OF KA8TKRN NORTH AMERICA. 133 



bill, black; feet, yellow; iris, orange, fig. 155. Female and 

 young, black replaced by Fig. 154. 



ashy brown and the feathers 

 are edged with whitish; 

 young males occur in all 

 stages between this and 

 adults but the white spot at 

 base of bill is usually indi- 

 cated. Breeds from north- 

 ern Maine northward ; mi- 

 grates southward to winter 

 in abundance on the coast of 

 N. E. frequenting the open ]\ , C. e, 1. 1-3. 

 water about the mouths of rivers, and southward to Cuba; 

 goes north in April. Flies rather high even in passing over 

 comparatively short distances, and swiftly, producing a loud 

 whistling with its wings. Nests, placed in holes of trees ; eggs, 

 ashy-green. 



2. BARROWS GOLDEN-EYE, C. islandica. Differs 

 from 1 in having the bill higher at base and the white spot on 

 head triangular in form, the green glossing is absent from 

 head, and the scapularies are rounded at tip with a pointed 

 projection on one or both sides. Breeds from the Gulf of St. 



Fig. 155. 



N, C, d, 1. 1-10. 



Lawrence northward ; south 

 in winter rarely to Mass. and 

 N. Y. 



e. Dipper Ducks. 

 Cliaritonetta. 



Small ducks which oc- 

 cur on salt water oftener 

 than on fresh and which are 

 expert divers. Differ from 

 d in being smaller, in hav- 

 ing the feathers of head elon- 

 gated with a large white 

 patch behind eye. 



