﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  21 
  I 
  

  

  .75 
  inches 
  in 
  americana. 
  The 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  nail 
  in 
  females 
  of 
  the 
  

   former 
  is 
  .2 
  3-. 
  3 
  inches 
  and 
  .2 
  in 
  the 
  latter. 
  The 
  white 
  collar 
  around 
  the 
  

   neck 
  is 
  narrower 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  and 
  the 
  gray 
  belt 
  on 
  the 
  chest 
  

   broader, 
  and 
  the 
  brown 
  of 
  

   the 
  head 
  is 
  more 
  "hair- 
  

   brown" 
  and 
  descends 
  to 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  all 
  

   aroiind. 
  

  

  This 
  arctic 
  species 
  is 
  

   a 
  rare 
  winter 
  visitor 
  to 
  the 
  

   waters 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  

   except 
  in 
  the 
  extreme 
  north- 
  

   em 
  part 
  on 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  

   river, 
  where 
  Dr 
  D. 
  G. 
  Elliot 
  

   found 
  it 
  fairly 
  common 
  in 
  

   1865, 
  and 
  took 
  nearly 
  40 
  

   specimens. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  

   male 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  Museum, 
  

   Park" 
  Collection, 
  no. 
  157, 
  

   taken 
  on 
  Green 
  Island, 
  

   Albany 
  co., 
  January 
  21, 
  

   1887 
  ; 
  one 
  specimen 
  from 
  Long 
  Island 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  Long 
  Island 
  

   Historical 
  Society 
  [^^^Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  10: 
  270]; 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  record 
  known 
  for 
  

   western 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  taken 
  on 
  Sodus 
  bay, 
  November 
  1904, 
  

   by 
  Mr 
  John 
  Burke 
  of 
  Rochester, 
  and 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  author's 
  collection. 
  

  

  Barrow 
  golden-eye. 
  Clangula 
  islandica 
  (Gmelin). 
  Sodus 
  Bay 
  

   specimen, 
  author's 
  collection. 
  About 
  } 
  nat. 
  size 
  

  

  Charitonetta 
  albeola 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

   Buffle-headed 
  Duck 
  

  

  Plate 
  10 
  

  

  Anas 
  albeola 
  Linnaeus. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  Ed. 
  10. 
  1758. 
  i 
  : 
  124 
  

   Fuligula 
  albeola 
  DeKay 
  . 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  329, 
  fig. 
  262 
  

   Charitonetta 
  albeola 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  ^o- 
  ^53 
  

  

  charitonef 
  ta 
  , 
  Gr. 
  x"P''^o'", 
  to 
  make 
  graceful, 
  or 
  show 
  grace, 
  and 
  vqTTa, 
  

   duck; 
  albe'ola, 
  Lat., 
  diminutive 
  of 
  albus, 
  white 
  

  

  Description. 
  Male: 
  Head 
  very 
  puffy, 
  beautifully 
  iridescent 
  with 
  

   green, 
  bronze 
  and 
  violet 
  -purple, 
  a 
  large 
  white 
  patch 
  extending 
  back- 
  

  

  