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CLANGULA ALBEOLA. 



(BUFFEL-HEADED DUCK.) 



The Little Black-and-White Duck, Edw. Nat. Hist. Birds, ii. p. 100, pi. 100 (1747). 



Anas hyberna, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 349 (1760). 



Anas querquedula ludoviciana, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 461, pi. xli. fig. 1 (1760). 



Anas querquedula carolinensis, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 464 (1760). 



Anas albeola, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 199 (1766, ex Edw.). 



Anas bucejphala, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 200 (1766). 



Anas rustica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 201 (1766). 



La Sarcelle blanche et noire ou la Beligieuse, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. ix. p. 284 (1783). 



La Sarcelle de la Caroline, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. ix. p. 286 (1783). 



Clangula albeola (Linn.), Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xii. pt. ii. p. 184 (1824). 



Fuligula albeola (Linn), Bp. Synops. p. 394 (1828). 



Bucephala albeola (Linn.), Baird, B. of N. Am. p. 797 (1858). 



Figures notabiles. 



Edwards, Nat. Hist. B. pi. 100; D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 948; Audub. B. of Am. pi. 408; 

 Wilson, Am. Orn. pi. 62. figs. 2, 3. 



<3 ad. capitis lateribus pone oculos et nucha albis : capite reliquo nitide nigro, fronte, loris et mento purpureo 

 et parte reiiqua viridi nitentibus : dorso centraliter, scapularibus et secundariis intimis velutino- 

 nigris : remigibus primariis nigris, secundariis extus albis : tectricibus alarum minoribus nigris albo 

 marginatis, reliquis albis : supracaudalibus pallide cinereis, cauda cinerea : corpore reliquo supra et toto 

 subtus albo, abdomine centraliter cinereo notato : rostro saturate plumbeo, pedibus flavicantibus : iride 

 nigro-fusca. 



2 ad. capite, collo et corpore supra- nigro-fuscis : capite plaga magna, utrinque alba : scapularibus, tectricibus 

 alarum et supracaudalibus cinereo lavatis : alis nigro r fuscis, secundariis extus albis : cauda nigro-fusca 

 cinereo tincta : corpore subtus albo, hypochondriis cinereo lavatis. 



Adult Male (New Brunswick, December). Entire head and upper neck (except a broad white band which 

 covers the sides of the head behind the eye and passes round the nape) glossy black, the feathers 

 elongated, the fore part of the crown, the lores, and the chin richly glossed with purple, the remaining 

 portion with bottle-green; centre of the back, scapulars, and inner secondaries deep velvety black, 

 except some of the outermost scapulars, which are white edged with black; primaries black; the short 

 secondaries white on the outer and blackish on the inner web ; feathers along the edge of the wing 

 black edged with white; central and larger wing-coverts, fore part of the back, lower neck and under- 

 parts white; upper tail-coverts whitish grey; tail grey; centre of the abdomen marked with grey ; 

 bill blackish plumbeous; legs and feet yellowish; iris deep brown. Total length about 13"5 inches, 

 culmen 145, gape T55, wing 6 - 7, tail 2"9, tarsus 1/3. 



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