tree or stump and contains about ten eggs of a bluish 

 white color. 



Measurements Total length, about 19 inches; wing, 

 9, and bill, 1%. Female about one-tenth smaller. 



BARROW'S GOLDEN-EYE 



(Glaucionetta ilandica) 



Barrow's golden-eye is another duck that is seen but 

 little within the Pacific Coast hunting grounds, and only 

 then near the coast sections of the northern part. They 

 are found more plentiful on the islands along the north 

 Pacific coast. 



Coloi The male resembles the American golden-eye 

 very closely, except that the head of the Barrow's is 

 more of a purple, or greenish purple. The white at the 

 base of the bill is also different, it being a crescent 

 shape instead of round. 



The female differs in the head being more of a cin- 

 namon brown, and the back more of a gray and slightly 

 mottled with brown. 



Nest, Eggs and Measurements The same as the 

 American golden-eye. 



THE BUTTER-BALL 

 Charitonetta albeola) 



The butter-ball, or buffle-head, is another common 

 duck all over the country. But where we have so many 

 larger and better ducks they are little sought for, and 

 are generally considered poor shooting. Yet I recall 

 one occasion when with a friend I was shooting on a 

 couple of foothill ponds where many of these little ducks 

 had congregated, they furnished us with fine sport. The 

 larger ducks were soon scared away, but the little but- 

 ter-balls would not leave. One of us was stationed at 

 each pond and we soon had them all in the air 



Color Male Head, greenish purple, with a strong 

 metallic luster; white patch running from the eye to the 

 back of the head; feathers of the head long, forming a 

 crest; back, black; under parts white and a broad white 

 patch on the wing. 



Female The female is a very modestly colored bird 

 to have so gaudy a mate. Head and upper parts, a 

 dark, dead brown; under parts, white; speculum, white; 

 a small, elongated white spot on the side of the head. 



Nest and Eggs The nest is usually built on some 

 elevation such as a stump or log; some times in a tree. 

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