% 154. Old-squaw (Harelda hyemals). L. 3,21; &, 
16; tees 8; Y,2.5. No colored speculum. Ad. <j. 
Centra! tail-feathers much lengthened; in winter, 
crown, nape, throat, and neck all around white. In 
summer, black, with rusty markings on back. Ad. @. 
winter. Cheeks, neck all around, and underparts white; 
breast and sides of neck dusky. In summer, crown, 
cheeks and nape blackish, throat and breast dusky; a 
whitish patch back of eye. Notes. In spring, a rich, 
musical a-/eedle-a, frequently repeated in deep, reed- 
like tones. (Nelson.) Also ‘‘o-onc-o-onc-ough-egh- 
ough-egh.”? (Mackay.) 
Range.—Northern hemisphere; breeds from northern Labrador and 
Aleutian Islands north to Arctic Ocean; winters south to Virginia, 
Upper Mississippi Valley, and California, “rarely to Florida and Tex- 
as.” 
155. Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus). L. 
17. Ad. o’. Back and breast slaty blue; head darker. 
Ad. 9. Front half of cheeks and spot over ears 
whitish; above blackish brown; below dusky and 
whitish. Notes. ‘‘A confusion of low gabbling and 
chattering notes.’? (Nelson.) 
Range.—'"'Northern North America, breeding from Newfoundland, 
the northern Rocky Mountains, and the Sierra Nevadas (latitude 
38° ), northward; south in winter to the Middle States and California; 
eastern Asia, Iceland.’’ (A. O. U.) 
156. Labrador Duck (Camptolaimus labradorius). 
L. 20. Ad. og. Primaries blackish; rest of wing 
white. 4d. 9. Ashy gray: speculum white. Yng. 
6. Like 9, but throat and ends of greater wing- 
coverts white. 
' Range.—Formerly North Atlantic coast; bred from Labrador north- 
ward; wintered south to New Jersey; believed to be extinct; 
last records, Grand Menan, New Brunswick, 1871; Long Island, 1875. 
157. Steller Eider (Enzconetta stelleri). L. 18. 
Ad. 8. Throat and neck black nearly divided by a 
white ring; top and sides of head white. forehead and 
nape greenish; breast chestnut. Ad. 9. Above and 
below black and rusty; speculum purple bordered .with 
white; tail feathers pointed. 
Range.—'‘Arctic and cubarctic coasts of the northern hemisphere, 
Aleutian Islands, east to Unalaska and Kadiak; Kenai Peninsula.” 
(A. O. U.) 
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