148 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



female: Length about 17 inches. Bill about If 

 inches long. Head and upper neck brown, collar 

 round neck white, other parts grayish and white. 

 Young males similar to females, bnt white spot 

 between bill and eye more or less distinctly indi- 

 cated. 



41. Barrow's Golden-eye. 



Length about :3 inches. Bill about If inches 

 long. Head and upper neck glossy blue-black, 

 with a crescent-shaped patch of white between bill 

 and eye, other parts similar to American Golden- 

 eye. Female: Similar to same sex of American 

 Golden-eye, but white collar narrower. 



42. Buffle-head. 



Male: Length about 15 inches. Bill about 1J- 

 inches long. Head and upper neck metallic-green, 

 bronze, and violet-purple, with a large patch of 

 w r hite extending from behind the eye to and across 

 the hind head, other upper parts black, lower parts 

 white. Female : Length about 13 inches. Bill 

 about 1 inch long. Upper parts grayish-brown, 

 with whitish spot on side of head, lower parts 

 white, tinged with brownish-gray. 



43. Old-squaw. 



Male: Length about 23 inches. Bill about 1 

 inch long. Upper parts grayish, white and black. 



