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Little brown Duek ...scess tess Catesb. Carol. 1. pl. 98. 
Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 584. 
Le canard Bhaore aa oh ae: Vieill, En. Method. Orn. 1. 
134, 
An abundant species on the fresh water lakes of arctic America, 
where nidification is perfected ; their nests are made in hollow trees 
contiguous to water. During autumn and winter they are found over 
a considerable portion of North America. 
CLANGULA BARROVII. 
Clang. Mas.—Capite colloque superiore atro; genis lunata fascia 
ornatis. 
Clang. Fem.—Vulgari similis, sed singulo albo pollo. 
BARROW’S DUCK. 
Male clangula, with the head and upper part of the neck black; 
the cheeks ornamented with a lunate fascia. 
- Fem. similar to the female of es vulgaris, but with a white 
collar. 
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VRPT SE he Wea bc kon sees 1 7-12ths 
Male: head and upper part of the neck black, with purple and 
metallic green inflections ; a crescent-shaped patch from the gape to 
the crown; below, lesser wing coverts, tips of the scapulars, and 
greater coverts, together with the outer secondaries, white; lateral 
tail coverts brown; bill lead-coloured; legs and feet orange, the 
webs black. 
Fem.: very similar to the female of Clan. vulgaris, but rather 
larger ; with a white ring round the middle of the neck, and the back 
of a darker colour. 
Clangula Barrovit.w..ccscccoeces Faun. Bo. Am. 2. 416. 
Gould, Birds of Europe. 
The true habitat of this species is North America, in the neigh-. 
bourhood of the Rocky Mountains, where it was discovered by Dr. 
Richardson. A single individual has since been obtained from Iceland — 
by T. C. Atkinson, Esq., and a female is in our own collection. 
