No. 19.] BIRD NAMES. 61 



In Putnam Co., 111., BLACK-JACK; this being heard also at 

 Chicago, though less commonly ; and Mr. J. P. Leach, of Rush- 

 ville, 111., writes that this- name is " generally applied along the 

 Illinois River." 



In Porter's Spirit of the Times, Oct. 25th, 1856, it is reported 

 as travelling in the vicinity of Cincinnati, under " the euphonious 

 but unmeaning " title of BUNTY ; and Mr. Long, in his American 

 Wild Fowl Shooting, 1874, gives GOLDEN-EYES as a " very com- 

 mon " name in the West (see No. 23, to which " Golden-eye " 

 is usually applied). 



Giraud writes (referring to this duck) in his Birds of Long 

 Island, 1844 : " By our gunners generally it is considered a 

 hybrid, and familiar to them by the name of BASTARD BROAD- 

 BILL." 



At the mouth of the Susquehanna commonly known as 

 RING-BILLED BLACK-HEAD, though many of the local gunners 

 regard the female as a distinct species, and term it CREEK RED- 

 HEAD, because of its resemblance to female No. 16. 



At Newberne, N". C., and Wilmington, same state, RING- 

 BILLED SHUFFLER; and I am told by two well-informed gun- 

 ners, viz., Alonzo Nye, of Chatham, Mass., and William Flint, 

 of Lyme, Conn., of its being known to certain South Carolina 

 duckers as the MOON-BILL. 



