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bluish, tip black, the rest slaty; feet grayish blue; iris yellow. Female and 

 young: Head, neck, breast, and upper parts light umber brown; cheeks, 

 chin, and eye ring white; belly grayish white; wings like males. 



Distribution and migration. This species, called also Ring-bill, Marsh 

 bluebill, and Bastard broadbill, is a rare migrant in eastern New York and 

 the coastal region, but in the marshes of central New York and the bays of 

 Lake Ontario it sometimes appears in considerable numbers. In the spring 

 of 1905, according to Foster Parker of Cayuga, it was common on the 

 Seneca river during the month of April and remained till the middle of May. 

 It also appears during the spring migration on the ponds and bays near 

 Rochester, but is rarely noticed in the fall. It is apparently only a transient 

 on our waters, the earliest spring records being February 1899, near Niagara 

 Falls, by Edward Reinecke, and March 10, 1900, at Syracuse, by David 

 Bruce. The latest fall date is December 10, 1897, at Brockport, by David 

 Bruce. Mr Parker states that they arrive in the fall on the Cayuga marshes 

 about the middle of October. 



Clangula clangula americana Bonaparte 

 American Golden-eye 



Plate 18 



Clangula americana Bonaparte. Comp. List. 1838. p. 58 



Fuligula clangula DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 330, fig. 257 



Glaucionetta clangula americana A. 0. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 

 1895. No. 151 



clang'ula, Lat., a little noise, referring to the wing motion 



Description. Male: Head black glossed with green, the feathers 

 elongated to form a puff encircling the head, but slightly longer on the 

 crown and nape, a rounded white spot in front of the eye; lower neck all 

 round, under parts, and large patch in the wing, patches on shoulders and 

 scapulars white ; back, most of scapulars, lesser wing coverts, and primaries 

 black; tail ashy; iris golden yellow; feet yellowish orange with dusky shading ; 

 bill greenish dusky. Female and young: Head snuff -brown, less pufify than 

 male's; upper parts mostly grayish brown; chest and sides partly grayish ; 

 wing dusky with a white patch. ^ 



Length 17-20 inches; extent 27-33; wing 8-9; bill, culmen 1.3; tip to 

 end of frontal angle i. 65-1. 8; gape 2; depth 95-1.05; width 70-82; tarsus 

 i-35-^-55'' middle toe and claw 2.5; female smaller. 



