394 Synopsis of the Birds 



Female cinereous, beneath white; head wholly drab. 



Golden eye, Anas clangula, Wils. Am. Orn. viii. p. 62- 

 pi. 67. fig. 6. 



Inhabits the north of both continents, extending far south in 

 its migrations : common during winter in the middle states, 

 and in Italy. 



343. Ful^jula albeola, Nob. Mirror white ; under wing- 

 coverts white ; tail rounded, of sixteen rounded feathers. 



Male varied with black and white ; head tumid, purplish- 

 green ; a large white space on the top of the head from each 

 eye. 



Female wholly sooty black, a white spot each side of the 

 head. 



Bvffel-headed Duck, Anas albeola, Wils. Am. Orn. viii. 

 p. 51. pi. 67. fig. 2. male. fig. 3. female. 



Inhabits North America, not extending to the Arctic circle: 

 very common during winter throughout the union ; breeding 

 to the north. 



S44. Fuligula stelleri, jNob. Mirror metallic black, mar- 

 gined with white ; bill blackish-green ; tail cuneiform, of 

 twelve feathers. 



Male white, beneath rusty ; forehead and band on the hind 

 head greenish ; orbits, throat, collar, and back black. 



Female reddish-brown, skirted with ash. 



Western Duck, Lath. Anas dispar and Stelleri, Gm. 

 Platypus Stelleri, Brchm. Steller's And, Swensk, Zool. ii. 

 fasc. ii. pi. 62. Omitted in my catalogue. 



Inhabits the western coast of North America, and the op- 

 posite shores of Kamtschatka ; very common at Oonalashka: 

 strays accidentally in northern and eastern Europe, and most 

 probably also in Atlantic America. Allied to the subgenus 

 Oidemia. 



345. Fuligula htstrionica, Nob. Mirror blue-black ; space 



