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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  sometime 
  before 
  I 
  got 
  a 
  chance 
  to 
  kill 
  one 
  of 
  them. 
  ]t 
  is 
  a 
  male 
  bird 
  which 
  

   I 
  have. 
  I 
  crippled 
  a 
  female 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  it 
  as 
  the 
  tide 
  

   was 
  running 
  so 
  swiftly. 
  They 
  were 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  that 
  I 
  ever 
  saw 
  

   and 
  have 
  seen 
  only 
  two 
  since. 
  They 
  are 
  a 
  diving 
  duck 
  and 
  like 
  to 
  play 
  

   around 
  the 
  rocks. 
  I 
  watched 
  them 
  several 
  times 
  while 
  they 
  were 
  there 
  

   and 
  they 
  played 
  like 
  small 
  boys 
  playing 
  tag. 
  I 
  have 
  gunned 
  over 
  40 
  years 
  

   here 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  Savannah, 
  but 
  never 
  saw 
  them 
  anywhere 
  but 
  on 
  

   the 
  island 
  and 
  so 
  think 
  they 
  are 
  a 
  rare 
  bird." 
  [W. 
  W. 
  Reeves] 
  

  

  Camptorhynchus 
  labradorius 
  (Gmelin) 
  

   Labrador 
  Duck 
  

  

  Anas 
  labradoria 
  Gmelin. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  1788. 
  1:537 
  

  

  Fuligula 
  labradoria 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  326, 
  fig. 
  258 
  

  

  Camptolaimus 
  labradorius 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  156 
  

  

  camptorhy' 
  nchus 
  , 
  Gr. 
  KafiTTTo?, 
  flexible, 
  and 
  pvyxo'i, 
  beak; 
  lahrado' 
  rius 
  , 
  

  

  of 
  Labrador 
  

  

  Description. 
  ''Adult 
  male: 
  Head, 
  neck, 
  chest, 
  scapulars, 
  and 
  wings 
  

   (except 
  quills) 
  white; 
  rest 
  of 
  plumage, 
  including 
  stripe 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  

   broad 
  ring 
  round 
  neck, 
  deep 
  black; 
  stiffened 
  feathers 
  of 
  cheeks 
  brownish 
  

   white. 
  Adult 
  female: 
  Uniform 
  brownish 
  gray, 
  the 
  wings 
  more 
  plumbeous; 
  

   tertials 
  silvery 
  edged 
  with 
  blackish; 
  secondaries 
  white; 
  primaries 
  dusky. 
  

   Young 
  male: 
  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  adult 
  female, 
  but 
  chin 
  and 
  throat 
  white, 
  and 
  

   white 
  of 
  chest 
  of 
  adult 
  male 
  strongly 
  indicated; 
  greater 
  wing 
  coverts 
  white." 
  

  

  "Length 
  about 
  18-23.75 
  inches; 
  wing 
  8.5-8.9; 
  culmen 
  1.6-1.7; 
  tarsus 
  

   1. 
  5-1. 
  6; 
  middle 
  toe 
  2.25-2.4." 
  [Ridgway] 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  which 
  was 
  also 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Pied 
  duck 
  or 
  Skunk 
  duck 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  and 
  white 
  coloration 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  formerly 
  occurred, 
  

   according 
  to 
  Audubon, 
  "in 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  numbers 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  New 
  

   Jersey 
  and 
  Long 
  Island." 
  The 
  late 
  Mr 
  George 
  N. 
  Lawrence 
  said: 
  "I 
  

   recollect 
  that 
  about 
  40 
  or 
  more 
  years 
  ago 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  unusual 
  to 
  see 
  them 
  in 
  

   Fulton 
  Market, 
  and 
  without 
  doubt 
  killed 
  on 
  Long 
  Island. 
  At 
  one 
  time 
  I 
  

   remember 
  seeing 
  six 
  fine 
  inales 
  which 
  hung 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  till 
  spoiled 
  for 
  

   want 
  of 
  a 
  purchaser; 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  considered 
  desirable 
  for 
  the 
  table 
  and 
  

   collectors 
  had 
  a 
  sufhcient 
  number." 
  [Dutcher, 
  Auk. 
  1891. 
  8:201-16]. 
  

   Mr 
  Wallace 
  writing 
  in 
  the 
  Nuttall 
  Ornithological 
  Club 
  Bulletin, 
  volume 
  3, 
  

   page 
  79, 
  sa3^s 
  few 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  since 
  1868, 
  

   and 
  the 
  last 
  record 
  known 
  is 
  1874, 
  and 
  that 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  young 
  males 
  or 
  

  

  