BUFFEL-HEADED GARROT. 



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The Buffel-headed or Spirit Garrot. 



Clangula albeola, Leach. {Fig. 44.) 



Head and neck black, richly glossed with green and 

 purple ; the feathers very full and silky : body white, 

 with the back and quills black. Female with a white 

 spot on the ears and wings. 



Ciangula albeata, Leach, in Gen. Zool. xii. ii. 183, Northern 

 Zool. ii. 458. Anas albeola, Linn., Auct., Wilson, viii. pi. 

 67. f. 2. male, 3. female. Pennant, Arct. Zool. ii. 558. 

 Anas bucephala, Linn., Auct., Pennant, Arct. Zool. ii. 559. 

 BufFel-head Duck, WiUon, Cateshy, Pennant, Latham, 8cc. 

 Little Brown Duck, Cateshy, Latham, &c. (the female). 

 .Sareelle blanche et noir, Buffon, PI. Enl. 948. male. Little 

 Black and white Duck, Edwards, pi. 100. male. 



As there is evidence to show that the food and eco- 

 nomy of this pretty Httle duck are essentially the same as 

 those of the common golden-eye, there appears no reason 

 to doubt that it might be as much domesticated on our 

 water inclosures as that is. Both breed in the same 

 regions ; but, in their southward migrations, this species 

 appears to confine its range entirely to the American 

 continent. 



During autumn and winter, this pretty duck is to be 

 met with in all parts of the United States, enlivening 

 the sea shores, rivers, and lakes ; diving with the 

 greatest dexterity, and flying with extraordinary velocity. 

 So early as the latter part of February, the males are 

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