24 CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 



Glaucionetta clangula americana. 



AMERICAN GOLDEN-EYE. 



The " Whistler " of Canadian sportsmen. It is common 

 everywhere throughout the Dominion, breeding, generally, in 

 the far north. Mr. JOSEPH MACOUN observed it passing Lake 

 Misstassini on May 3. It winters south to Cuba. 



Glaucionetta islandica. 



BARROWS GOLDEN-EYE. 



This species usually breeds in the far north, though Dr. 

 COUES found a brood of young, in August, in the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, near the 4Qth parallel, and it is said to remain during the 

 summer near Point des Monts, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. A 

 nest with eggs was taken by Mr. C. C. BEATTIE at Missisquoi, 

 Lake Champlain ; and the male, which was shot near the nest, 

 was identified by Mr. WILLIAM COUPER, of Montreal. 



The species is rarely seen in the Great Lakes, and is un- 

 common in British Columbia and Manitoba, as well as in the 

 Atlantic Provinces. In the latter it occurs as a winter visitor only. 



Charitonetta albeola. 



BUFFLE-HEAD. 



A common bird throughout Canada especially in the west, 

 where it is sometimes very abundant. It breeds over its entire 

 range in this country, though somewhat sparingly in the more 

 southern portions. 



Clangula hyemalis. 



OLD-SQUAW. 



An abundant bird from the Atlantic to the Pacific ; breeding 

 in the far north, and wintering in the Southern States. 



