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KET AND DESCBIPTION 



base of bill is elongated and more or less pointed at the ends, 

 measuring along the bill an inch. The female is so like the 

 last that it cannot always be distinguished from it. This is 

 the more northern species. (Rocky Mountain Garrot.) 



American Golden-eye 



Barrow's Golden-eye 



Length, 21; wing, 9 (8J-9|) ; tail, 4; tarsus, 1^; culmen, lf-l|. 

 Northern North America ; breeding from the GuU of St. Lawrence and 

 Colorado northward, and wintering south to New York, Illinois, and 



Utah. 



18. Buffle-head (153. Chari- 

 ton&tta albiola) . — A very small, 

 common, black-backed, gray- 

 tailed, white duck, with a fluffy 

 head peculiarly marked with 

 black, purple, green, and white. 

 The white forms a broad patch 

 across the top of the head, and 

 ends back of the eyes. The 

 wing is mainly white except- 

 ing the black primaries. The 

 female does not have the full 

 fluffy head of the male; the 

 head and back are a rich 

 brown, fading through grays 

 Enffle-head to ^ white breast and fore- 



