Ducks 



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(51. American Golden-eye (Clangula dangula 

 americana), L. 20. Ad. <^. Head greenish; white 

 patch at base of bill circular. Ad. 9- Head ar.J 

 throat brown; breast and back gray, a white throat- 

 ring; belly and speculum white. Notes. Rarely a low 

 croak; a high whistling sound produced by win^s in 

 flight. 



Range. North America; breeds from Maine, northern Minnesota, 

 and Alberta, north to Arctic Regions; winters from southern Alaska, 

 the Great Lakes and Maine, south to Mexico and Cuba. 



152. Barrow Golden-eye (Clangula islandica). L. 

 20. Ad. <3\ Head purplish blue; white patch at base 

 of bill twice as Ugh as -wide. Ad. 9 . Resembles 9 of 

 No. 151. Notes. A high whistling made by wings in 

 flight, probably also a low croaking as in No. 151. 



Range. Northern North America; breeds from Gulf of St. Lawrence, 

 and mountains of Colorado north to southern Greenland; winters south 

 to Virginia, Illinois, and California. 



153. Buffle-head (Charitonetta albeola}. L. 14.7. 

 Ad. tf. Head blue, purple, and green; a white band 

 from eye to eye across nape. Ad. 9- A whitish patch 

 on either side of head; throat and upper parts grayish 

 brown; belly and speculum white. Notes. A single 

 guttural note like a small edition of the Canvas-back's 

 roll. (Elliot.) 



Range. North America; breeds from Maine, Iowa, and British 

 Columbia northward; winters from southern limit of breeding range 

 to West Indies and Mexico. 



167. Ruddy Duck (Erismatura jamaicensis). L. 15. 

 Tail-feathers narrow and stiff; bill short (1.5) and 

 broad. Ad. tf. Cheeks white, cap black, back red- 

 dish brown. Ad. 9- A whitish streak through dusky 

 cheeks; back grayish brown with fine buffy bars; 

 belly silvery whitish. Yng. tf. Similar, but cheeks 

 all white or whitish. 



Range-^Western hemisphere from northern South America to 



it chiefly north- 

 and California 



Hudson Bay; breeds locally throughout its range, but chiefly north- 

 ward; winters from New Jersey, southern Illinois 



southward. 



168. Masked Duck (Nomonyx dominicus). L. 14. 

 Tail-feathers long, (4.5) narrow, stiff and pointed. 

 Ad. <j\ Front of head black; behind it reddish brown 

 all around; white in wing. Ad. 9- A brownish 

 streak through eye: buffy streaks above and below it; 

 back blackish regularly barred with buff; below washed 

 with rusty- 

 Range Tropical America north to Lower Rio Grande; accidental in 

 Wisconsin, Lake Champlain, and Massachusetts. 



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