Ducks 



154. Old-snuavi {Harelda kvemalis). L. c)^,2i; 9, 

 ]6; T. fj*, 8; V,2.5. No colored speculum, /id. (f. 

 Centra/ tail-feathers much lengthened; in winter, 

 crown, nape, throat, and neck all around while, hi 

 summer, black, with rusty markings on back. ^rf. 9. 

 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 nark of pye. NoUs. In spring, a rich, 

 musical a-leedle-a, frequently repeated in deep, reed- 

 like tones. (Nelson.) Also "o-onc-o-onc-augb-egk- 



ough-egb." (Mackay.) 



Range .^Northern hemiEphere; bre<;ds frum northern Labrador .ind 

 Aleutian Islande no'th to Arclli" Ocean; vi'Inlers Eouih to Vircinla, 

 pir Mississippi Vjiisy. anj California, "rarely to Florida and Tex- 



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155. Harlequin DucW ( Hhlrionictis histnonicus". L. 

 17. Ad. (f. Ba^K- and breast slaty blue; head darker. 

 Ad. 9. Front half uf cheeks and spot over ears 

 whitish, above blackish brown; helnw dii-.ky and 

 whitish. Notes. ''A confusion of low gabbling and 

 chattering notes." (Nelson.) 



Range.— "Northern Norlh America, breedijie frcm Newfoundland, 

 the northern Roclty Mountains, and the Sierra Nevadas (lalilude 

 38° ), norihward; south in winter to the Middle States and California; 

 eastern Ab la, li-e land." (A. O. U.) 



156. Labrador Dtick (Camptolaimus labradorms'*. 



L. 20. Ad. (f. Frimaries blackish", rest of wing 

 white. Ad. V- Ashy gray: speculum white, Yng. 

 J'. Like 9, but throat and ends of greater wing- 

 coverts white. 



Range.— I^rmerly North Atlantic coast; bred from Labrador north- 

 ward; wintered south to New Jersey; bell«ved to be extinct; 

 last records. Grand Menan, New Brunswick, 1871; Long Island, 1875. 



157. Steller Eider [EniconeUa stellm). L. 18. 

 Ad. S'. Throat and neck black nearly divided by a 

 white ring; top and sides of head white, forthead and 

 nape greenish; breast chestnut. Ad. 9- Above and 

 below black and rusty; speculum purple, bordered with 

 white; tail feathers pointed. 



Range.— ■■Atctit and -iLJhHrctic coasts of the northern hemisphere 

 ^'^^'lan Islands, east lo Unalaska and ."Cadiak; Kenal Peninsula." 

 (A. U. U.) 



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