BUFFLE-HEADED DUCK. 533 



BUCEPHALA CLANGTJLA (L.) Gr. 

 Grolden-eyed Uacli. 



FuUgula dUmgula, EIirtland, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 166, 187. 



Bucepliala americama, Wheaton, Ohio Agric. Eep. for 1860, 370 ; Reprint, 1861, 13. 



Bucephala clangula, Whbaton, Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agrio. Eep. for 1874, 574 ; Re- 

 print, 1875, 14. — Langdon, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 17 ; Revised List, Jonm. Cin. 

 Soo. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 186 ; Reprint, 20. 



Anas clemgula, LiNNiBUS, Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 201. 

 FuUgula clangula, Bonaparte, Syn., 1828, 393. 

 Bucephala amencana, Baird, Birds N. Am., 18.58, 796. 

 Bucephala clangula, Coxjbs, Key, 1872, 290. 



Male with the head and upper neck glossy green, and a white oval or rounded loral 

 spot, not touching the base of the bill throughout ; lower neck all round, lower parts in- 

 cluding sides, most of the scapulars, wing-coverts and secondaries, white ; the white of 

 outer surface of wings continuous ; lining of wings and axUlars dark ; most of upper 

 parts black ; no waving on the back or sides ; bill black with pale or yellow end, with 

 nostrils in anterior half ; feet orange, webs dusky ; eyes yellow ; head uniformly pufiy. 

 Female with head snuff-biown, and no white patch in front of eye, and white of wings 

 not always continuous. Length, 16-19 : wing, 8-9. 



Habitat, North America. Cuba. Europe. 



Not very common spring and fall migrant and winter resident. The 

 Golden-eye or Whistler, as commonly called from its noisy flight, is most 

 frequently seen in small flocks or singly, in swift streams, where the 

 water remains unfrozen. They are among the shyest of our ducks. 



Bucephala albeola (L.) Bd. 



Buffle-beaded Duck. 



FuUgula alieola, Kietland, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 166, 187. 



Bucephala albeola, Whbaton, Ohio Agric. Eep. for 1860, 370 ; Reprint, 1861, 12; Food of 

 Birds, etc , Ohio Agrio. Rep. for 1874, 574 ; Reprint, 1875, 14.— Langdon, Cat. Birds 

 of Cin., 1877, 17 ; Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 1§6 ; Reprint, 20 ; 

 Summer Birds, ib., iii, 1880, 229. 



Anas albeola, LrNN^aius, Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 199. 

 FuUgula albeola, Bonaparte, Syn., 1828, 394. 

 Bucephala albeola, Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 797. 



Somewhat similar to the foregoing, but, male with the head particularly puflfy, of varied 

 rich iridescence, with a large white auricular patch confluent with its fellow on the 

 nape; small; length, 14-16; wing, 6-7; bill, 1, with nostrils in its basal half; female 

 still smaller, an insignificant looking duck, with head scarcely pnfify, dark-gray with 

 traces of the whit* auricular patch. 



Habitat, North America. Mexico. Cuba. Greenland. Accidental in Europe. 



Abundant spring and fall migrant, and winter resident in part. Mr. 

 Langdon mentions its frequent occurrence in summer on the lake. The 



