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90 (153) Charitonetta albeola (Linnaeus) 
BUFFLE-HEAD 
Synonyms—Clangula albeola; Bucephala albeola; Butter-ball; Dipper, part. 
Status—Common winter visitant both coastwise and in the interior, but 
more particularly on the salt and brackish bays and marshes of the seacoast. 
Many records, south to San Diego. 
91 (154) Harelda hyemalis (Linnaeus) 
OLD-SQUAW 
Synonyms—Clangula hyemalis; Harelda glacialis. 
Status—Rather rare midwinter visitant. Recorded as follows: Humboldt 
Bay, October (T. 8. Palmer, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2nd ser., m1, 1889, p. 88) ; 
Point Reyes, January 17 (W. E. Bryant, Zoe, 1m, 1893, p. 363) ; Marin County 
(J. Mailliard, Condor, 1v, 1902, p. 46) ; San Francisco, during severest winters 
(Newberry, Pac. R. R. Rep., vi, 1857, p. 104); San Francisco, December 26 
(Loomis, Auk, xvi, 1901, p. 105) ; San Francisco Bay near Redwood City, De- 
cember 17 and January 25 (Littlejohn, Condor, xiv, 1912, p. 41). Monterey 
Bay, December 23 (Beck, Condor, tx, 1907, p. 58); Santa Barbara (Henshaw, 
Rep. Wheeler Surv., 1876, p. 274); Los Angeles County (Willett, Pac. Coast 
Avif. no. 7, 1912, p. 26) ; Newport, Orange County, November 28 (Daggett, Con- 
dor, m, 1901, p. 15); San Diego Bay, January 13 (Anthony, Auk, xi, 1896, 
p. 172). 
92 (155) Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus) 
HarLEQuin Duck 
Synonyms—Histrionicus torquatus; Histrionicus minutus; Cosmonetta his- 
trionica. 
Status—Of sparse occurrence in summer on streams of the west slope of 
the Sierra Nevada, where recorded as breeding: Stanislaus and Tuolumne rivers 
(Belding, Zoe, 1, 1891, p. 97; Belding, MS) ; also in summer at Crockers, on 
South Fork of Tuolumne River, 20 miles northwest of Yosemite (A. K. Fisher, 
N. Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 18). Of rather irregular visitation to the open 
seacoast northerly, with following records: Bodega Bay (Belding, Zoe, 1, 1891, 
p. 98); Tomales Bay, abundant in fall (J. and J. W. Mailliard, MS); Point 
Reyes, flocks in June (J. Mailliard, Condor, v1, 1904, p. 15) ; Monterey, May 25 
(Loomis, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 3rd ser., zool., 1, 1900, p. 362) ; Point Pinos, 
near Monterey, July 7 (Loomis, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sei., 2nd ser., v, 1895, p. 222) ; 
Point Carmel, Monterey County, June 6 (Beck, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th ser., 
1, 1910, p. 69). The latter is our southernmost record station. 
93 (162) Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus) 
Kine EIDer 
Status—Rare winter visitant; one instance: specimen taken off Blackpoint, 
