XoKTH American Birds Eggs. 



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155. Harlequin Duck. Hi.'<triiiiiirus liisiri()iiifii> 

 Runge. — Xiuthern Hemisphtre in America. Iirenlin 



the Roeky Mountains in Colurado, northward 

 and New Entrland. 



from Xewfiiundhmd and 

 Mjutli in winter to Califdrnia 



A beautiful and most t:ort;enus 

 liird, not in color?, Init in tlie oddity 

 of the markings, the colors (inly 

 including blai'k, white, gray and 

 chestnut. Either sex can he recog- 

 nized by the small short bill. They 

 breed mostly in single pairs along 

 swiftly running streams, placing 

 their nest, which is wnven of weeds 

 and grasses, in the ground near the 

 water. It is also claimed that they 

 sometimes nest in hollow trees. They 

 lay from tive to eight eggs, yellowish 

 or greenish buff in color. Size 

 2.;W xl.iiO. Data. — Peel River, Alaska. 

 June l.'-i. 18118. Seven eggs in a 

 ludlow in river bank, lined with 

 down. Collector, 0. E. Whittaker. 



156. Labrador Duck. C(tm]it'iliiiiiuit< Idhrailii-iii.t. 



This tine bird, whose range was from Labradcir to New Jersey in the winter, 

 has probably been extinct since 1875 when the last authentic capture was made. 

 It is a strange fact that a bird of this character should have been cmnpletely 

 exterminated, even though they w-ere often suld in the markets. Only fnrty-one 

 specimens are known to be preserved at present and nothing is known in regard 

 to their nesting habits or eggs. 



157. Steller Duck. Eiiiri}i}ctt<i sfrllfri. 



Range. — Arctic regions in America. ___., — , - 



chiefly on the Aleutian Islands and '"* 



northwest coast of Alaska. 



A very beautiful species eighteen /'^"^ ^ 



inches long : head whitewashed with 



greenish on the forehead and nape; ^^ 



chin, throat, neck, back, tail and 

 crissum. black; underparts chestnut ; 

 wing coverts white, the long scapulars 

 black and white. It lireeds on the 

 rocky coasts and islands of Bering .. 



Sea. The six to nine eggs are pale 

 olive green in color. Size :2.25 x 1.60. 

 Data.— Admiralty Bay. Alaska, June 

 :?2, 1898. Xest on a hummock of the 

 tundra, near a small pool, lined 

 with grass and down. Collector, E. A. 

 Mcllhenny. 



158. Spectacled Eider. Arrtamtta l).'<ihtri. 



Range.— Coast of Alaska from the Aleutians to Point Barrow. 



Like the rest of the true Eiders, this species is black beneath and mostly white 

 above. The head is largely washed with sea green, leaving a large patch of 

 white, narrowly bordered by black around each eye. thus resembling a pair of 

 ^' lade of grass and seaweed and lined with down ; they 



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spectacles . The nests are ma 



[Pale olive green. 



