TV, C, e, 1. 1-10. 



DIRECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 135 



simultaneously; cries, musical and frequently given both 

 when the birds are in flight Fig. 157. 



and when sitting on the 

 water; the notes may be ren- , 

 dered by " Er-lit ah-er-lit " 

 varied by " Ah-ah ah-er-lit" 

 When a number are vociferat- 

 ing the effect produced is sim- 

 ilar to childish, or feminine 

 articulations uttered in an un- 

 known tongue. Nests, placed 

 on the ground; eggs, bluish- 

 ash. 



g. Painted. J>ucks. Histrioiiicus: 



Similar in general form to f , but lack the the long cen- 

 tral tail feathers, and are singularly marked with white, chest- 

 nut and black. 



1. HARLEQUIN DUCK, H. HISTRIONICUS. 16.75; bill, 

 1.60; blackish tinged with slaty; triangle in front of eye, spot 

 on back of head, line on neck, two crescents on sides, and 

 markings on back, white; line on top of head and flanks, 

 chestnut, fig. 159. Female, ashy-brown, mottled with whit- 

 ish below; whitish spot in front of eye and one of pure white 

 on back of ear coverts. Breeds in N. A. from Newfoundland 

 northward chiefly in the interior ; comes south in Nov. to win- 

 ter quite commonly in the Bay of Fundy and rarely to the 

 coast of Mass, and southward to N. J. 



h, Eiders. Soinateria. 



Large ducks which frequent the sea coast; males, black 

 and white ; females, brown : bill, rather long, provided at base 

 with a divided, fleshy projection that extends on to the fore- 

 head. 



1. AMERICAN EIDER. S. DRESSERI. 25.00; bill, 2.40; 

 head, neck, and above, white; forehead, line through eye. 

 and beneath, black ; portion of head, glossed with greenish, 



