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ANATINjE. fuligula. 
colour ; feathers of head and upper part of neck elongated ; tail shorty 
graduated, of sixteen feathers ; fore part of head of a deep rich green, 
upper part rich purplish-blue, as are the elongated feathers on the fore 
part and sides of the neck ; the hind part of the latter deep green ; 
a broad band of pure white from one cheek to the other over the occi- 
put ; rest of the neck, lower parts, outer scapulars, and, a large patch 
on the wing, including the greater part of the small coverts, and some 
of the secondary coverts and quills, pure white, the scapulars narrowly 
margined with black, as are the inner lateral feathers ; axillars brown- 
ish-black, some of them white on the margin and towards the end ; 
lower wing-coverts brownish-black, the smaller tipped with white ; 
back, inner scapulars, and secondary quills velvet-black ; alula, pri- 
mary coverts, and primary quills deep black ; rump gradually fading 
to greyish- white ; tail-feathers brownish-grey, with the tips whitish. 
F emale much smaller, with the feathers of the head not elongated, unless 
in the median line ; bill darker, feet greyish-blue ; head, upper part 
of neck, hind neck, back and wings, greyish-brown ; a short transverse 
white band from beneath the eye, and a slight speck of the same on 
the lower eyelid ; six of the secondary quills white on the outer web ; 
lower parts white, shaded into light greyish-brown on the sides. 
Male, 14j, 23. Female, 18, 22j. 
Distributed throughout the country and along the Atlantic shores 
during autumn, winter, and spring. Texas, Upper California, Columbia 
River. Breeds very far north. 
Buffel-headed Duck, Anas albeola, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 51. 
Fuligula albeola, Bonap. Syn. p. 394. 
Clangula albeola. Spirit Duck, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 458. 
Spirit Duck, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 445. 
> Buffel-headed Duck, Fuligula albeola, Aud. Om. Biog. v. iv. p. 217. 
410. 15. Fuligula histrionica, Linn. Harlequin Duck. 
Plate CCXCVII. Male, Female, and Young. 
Bill much shorter than the head, comparatively narrow, light yel- 
lowish-olive ; feet light greyish-blue, the webs dusky ; a broad median 
band from the base of the bill to the occiput bluish-black, margined 
behind with light yellowish-red, before with white, that colour forming 
a broad triangular spot on the cheek anterior to the eye ; sides of the 
head and neck all round purplish-blue ; a spot of white behind the 
ear, a curved line on the side of the neck, and a complete ring below 
the middle of the neck, with a curved band of the same anterior to the 
wing, all broadly edged with black ; fore part of back light purplish- 
blue, hind part gradually deepening in tint, so as to become almost 
black, of which colour is the rump all round ; scapulars chiefly white ; 
wing-coverts purplish -blue, as are the alula and primary coverts ; the 
quills dark greyish-brown ; tail greyish-black ', a band of white across 
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