Ducks 



154. Old-squaw (Harelda hyemahs). L. ^, 21; 9, 

 ]f\ I '. cf, 8; 9,2.5. No colored speculum. Ad. cf. 

 Centra.' tail-feathers much lengthened; in winter, 

 crown, na^e, throat, and neck all around white. In 

 summer, black, with rusty markings on back. Ad. ?. 

 winter. Cheeks, neck all around, and underparts white; 

 breast and sides of neck dusky. In summer, crown, 

 cheeks and nape blackish, throat and breast dusky; a 

 whitish patch back of eye. Notes. In spring, a rich, 

 musical a-ieedle-a, frequently repeated in deep, reed- 

 like tones. (Nelson.) Also "o-onc-o-onc-ough-egh- 

 ougb-egb. ' ' ( Mackay . ) 



Range. Northern hemisphere; breeds from northern Labrador and 

 Aleutian Islands north to Arctic Ocean; winters south to Virginia, 

 Upper Mississippi Valley, and California, "rarely to Florida and Tex- 



155. Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus^. L. 

 17. Ad. <3\ Back and breast slaty blue; head darker. 

 Ad. 9. Front half of cheeks and spot over ears 

 whitish; above blackish brown; below dusky and 

 whitish. Notes. "A confusion of low gabbling and 

 chattering notes." (Nelson.) 



Range. "Northern North America, breeding from Newfoundland, 

 the northern Rocky Mountains, and the Sierra Nevadas (latitude 

 38 ), northward; south in winter to the Middle States and California; 

 eastern Asia, Iceland." (A. O. U.) 



156. Labrador Duck (Camptolaimus labradorius). 

 L. 20. Ad. tf. Primaries blackish; rest of wing 

 white. Ad. 9- Ashy gray: speculum white. Yng. 

 cf. Like 9, but throat and ends of greater wing- 

 coverts white. 



Range. Formerly North Atlantic coast; bred from Labrador north- 

 ward; wintered south to New Jersey; believed to be extinct; 

 last records, Grand Menan, New Brunswick, 1871; Long Island, 1875. 



157. Steller Eider (Eniconetta stellen}. L. 18. 

 Ad. <$. Throat and neck black nearly divided by a 

 white ring; top and sides of head white, forehead and 

 nape greenish; breast chestnut. Ad. 9. Above and 

 below black and rusty; speculum purple bordered with 

 white; tail feathers pointed. 



Range. "Arctic and subarctic coasts of the northern hemisphere, 



?i eu A ?A slands ' east to Unalaska an <* Kadiak; Kenai Peninsula." 

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