DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



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Genus CHARITONETTA Stejn. 



CHARITONETTA ALBEOLA {Linn.). 

 Buffle=head. Butter=ball. Spirit Duck. Dipper. 



Ailalt male: A very small ducl<: ; head, upper neck, and throat, greenish purple, 



showing various reflections ot l)luisli und greeiiisli; a large white patch on the head, from 

 the eye backwards; back, l)hick; under parts, wliite ; liill, lead color: tcet, Hcsb color; wing 

 coverts, and some of the secondaries, heavily marked with white, forming a broad, white wing 

 patch. 



l.ciigth, 12.75; wing, (1; tarsus, 1.20; bill, 1. 





CliMriloiR'Ua allieuti (iiialo). 



(Funialc.) 



Jdiilt fniinlv : Head and upper parts, brownish, showing a grayisli widte patch on the 

 side of the head; uuder parts, white; speculum, white. 

 LcNgth. 12. .")0: wing, ;i.7."); tarsus. 1.20; liill, 1. 



The BufHe-hciul occurs tlu'oiti;hout North America, raiigiiio- south in \viiitcr 

 to Cuba ami Mexico, l)rccding northward from Maine to Alaska,. The nest is 

 usually built in a stiunp or hollow tree. The eggs are [jale buff in color, from 

 eight to ten in number. 



