Ducks. 
* 151. American Golden-eye (Clangula americana). 
L. 20. Ad. 3. Head greenish; white patch at base of - 
bill crcular. Ad. @. ead and throat brown; breast 
and back gray, a white throat-ring; belly and specu- 
lum white. Notes. Rarely a low croak; a high whistle- 
ling sound produced by wings in flight. 
Range.—North America; breeds from Maine, northern Minnesota, 
and Alberta, north to Arctic Regions; winters from southern Alaska, 
the Great Lakes and Maine, south to Mexico and Cuba. 
152. Barrow Golden-eye (Clangula islandica). L. 
20. Ad. d. Head purplish blue; white patch at base 
of bill tewice as high as wide. Ad. 9. Resembles 2 of 
No. 151. Notes. A high whistling made by wings in 
flight, probably also a low croaking as in No. 151. 
Range.—Northern North America; breeds from Gulf of St.Lawrence, 
and mountains of Colorado north to southern Greenland; winters south 
to Virginia, Illinois, and California. 
WA 153. Buffle-head (Charttonetta albeola). L. 14.7. 
Ad. 3. Head blue, purple, and green; a white band 
from eye to eye acrossnape. 4d. 9. Awhitish patch 
on either side of head; throat and upper parts grayish 
brown; belly and speculum white. Notes. A single 
guttural note like a small edition of the Canvas-back’s 
roll. (Elliot.) 
Range.—North America; breeds from Maine, Iowa, and British 
Columbia northward; winters from southern limit of breeding range 
to West Indies and Mexico. 
® 167. Ruddy Duck (Erismatura jamatcensis). L. 15. 
Tail-feathers narrow and stiff; bill short (1.5) and 
broad. Ad. 3’. Cheeks white, cap black, back red- 
dish brown. Ad. 2. A whitish streak through dusky 
cheeks; back grayish brown with fine buffy bars; 
belly silvery whitish. Yang. Q. Similar, but cheeks 
all white or whitish. 
Range.—Western hemisphere from northern South America to 
Hudson Bay; breeds locally throughout its range, but chiefly north- 
ward; winters from New Jersey, southern Illinois and California 
southward, 
168. Masked Duck (Nomonyx dominicus). L. 14. 
Tail-feathers long, (4.5) narrow, stiff and pointed. 
Ad. 3’. Front of head black; behind it reddish brown 
all around; white in wing. Ad. 92. A brownish 
streak through eye: buffy streaks above and below it; 
back blackish regularly barred with buff; below washed 
with rusty- 
Range—Tropical America north to Lower Rio Grande; accidental in 
Wisconsin, Lake Champlain, and Massachusetts. 
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