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Synopsis of the Birds 
Female cinereous, beneath white; head wholly drab. 
Golden eye , Jlnas clangula , Wils. Jim. Orn . viii. p. 62. 
pi. 67 . fig- 6. 
Inhabits the north of both continents, extending far south in 
its migrations : common during winter in the middle states, 
and in Italy. 
343. Fuligula albeola, Nob. Mirror white ; under wing- 
coverts white ; tail rounded, of sixteen rounded feathers. 
Male varied with black and white; head tumid, purplish- 
green ; a large white space on the top of the head from each 
eye. 
Female wholly sooty black, a white spot each side of the 
head. 
Bvffel-headed Buck , Anas albeola , Wils. Am. Orn . viii . 
p . 51. pi. 67- 2. male. fig. 3. female. 
Inhabits North America, not extending to the Arctic circle: 
very common during winter throughout the union ; breeding 
to the north. 
344. Fuligula stelleri, Nob. Mirror metallic black, mar- 
gined with white; bill blackish-green; tail cuneiform, of 
twelve feathers. 
Male white, beneath rusty ; forehead and band on the hind 
head greenish ; orbits, throat, collar, and back black. 
Female reddish-brown, skirted with ash. 
Western Duck , Lath. Anas dispar and Stelleri , Gm, 
Platypus Stelleri , Brehm. Steller’s And , Swensk , Zool. ii. 
fasc . ii. pi. 62. Omitted in my catalogue. 
Inhabits the western coast of North America, and the op- 
posite shores of Kamtschatka ; very common at Oonalashka: 
strays accidentally in northern and eastern Europe, and most 
probably also in Atlantic America. Allied to the subgenus 
Oidemia. 
345. Fuligula histrionica, Nob. Mirror blue-black ; space 
