324 FEATHERED GAME 
not more than four hundred yards from the 
open ocean, placed at the end of a rocky cape 
that projects far out into the sea, and because 
of this situation it is a noted stopping place for 
wildfowl of all kinds. 
The drake in his breeding dress is attired 
thus: head and crest dark green, irridescent 
with changeable purple hues; a fine line of 
white from bill above the eye to the back of the 
head; another from the eye to the nape; an 
area of white on the chin and throat, spreading 
on each side of the head and dividing, one 
branch going upward behind the eye, the other 
almost meeting its fellow on the other side, thus 
nearly encircling the neck. The dark colors of 
the head and crest running down the back of 
the neck into the dark brownish green and pur- 
plish tinges of the back. Speculum green. 
Seapulars glossy black, purplish and green with 
the change of view point; primaries purplish, 
whitening on the outer webs near the tips. 
Rump and tail coverts glossy black. Some long 
plumes of deep crimson shade at the sides of the 
base of the tail. The lower throat and breast 
deep purplish chestnut, growing paler as it 
merges into the white of the under parts, and 
