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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  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 
  fomi 
  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 
  duskA' 
  shading; 
  

   bill 
  greenish 
  dusky. 
  Female 
  and 
  young: 
  Head 
  snufC-brown, 
  less 
  puffy 
  than 
  

   male's; 
  upper 
  parts 
  mostly 
  gra^Ksh 
  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--t-55; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  2.5; 
  female 
  smaller. 
  

  

  