188 THE ANGLER AND HUNTSMAN 



Buffle-head: 



"Charitonetta albeola," or Buffle-head, does not range 

 in winter, generally speaking, south of southeastern or east- 

 ern United States. To the westward a few enter Mexico 

 to the Valley of Mexico and Lower California to San Quen- 

 tin. This duck is a common winter resident of the southern 

 half of the United States, north to Massachusetts; Lakes 

 Ontaria, Michigan, and Huron; Utah, Idaho, British Colum- 

 bia, Unalaska Island, and the Near Islands. 



Old Squaw: 



These birds are common south to Chesapeake Bay, and 

 as far south as the North Carolina coast region are not rare. 

 In mild winters they have been known to winter in the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence, while some stay in southern Greenland. 

 They are an abundant winter resident on the Great Lakes; 

 on the Pacific coast from the Aleutian Islands southward, 

 being quite common to the coast of Washington and not rare 

 to northern California. Its scientific designation is 

 "Harelda hyemalis." 



Harlequin Duck: 



During the winter season, the harlequin, or "histrion- 

 icus histrionicus, " is not rare in the southern part of the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence, is less common south to Long Island 

 Sound, and accidental on the coast of New Jersey. It is a 

 frequent winter resident on Lake Michigan, winters in Col- 

 orado, which is the southern limit of its breeding range but 

 at several thousand feet lower altitude. It is abundant -in 

 the Aleutians and the Pribilof Islands, west to the Near Is- 

 lands, the Commander Islands, and sometimes as far as Ja- 

 pan. 



Labrador Duck: 



" Camptolaimus labradorius," is an extinct species, 

 which within the last centurv nested from Labrador north- 



