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ZOOLOGY. 
CLANGULA AMERICANA. 
The Golden Eye. 
Common in California and Oregon. 
CLANGULA ALBEOLA. 
The Buffle Head. 
This pretty little duck, a kind of small edition of the golden eye, is very common about San 
Francisco, and is, perhaps, most familiar of all the ducks found there. It dives with great 
facility, and is not always readily killed when on the water. Like the golden eye, it is much 
more certainly secured by a shot while on the wing. 
HARELDA GLACIALIS. 
The Long-tailed Duck. 
This Arctic species descends into California only during the severest cold of winter, and then 
only in inconsiderable numbers. It is rarely seen at San Francisco, hut is common in winter 
at the mouth of the Columbia and on Puget’s Sound. 
OIDEMIA PERSPICILLATA. 
The Surf Duck. 
This sea duck is common about San Francisco, along the coast, and on the lower Columbia. 
OIDEMIA FUSCA. 
The Velvet Duck. 
Common on the coast of California and Oregon. 
OIDEMIA AMERICAN . 
Scoter Duck. 
Very abundant about San Francisco in winter. 
The three preceding species of marine ducks, though more abundant during the winter than 
any other water fowl, are never brought into market, being considered too fishy and strong to 
he eaten even by the Chinese. 
MERGUS CUCULLATUS. 
The Hooded Mergauser. 
Not uncommon in the vicinity of San Francisco ; I did not see it elsewhere, hut it is said to 
occur generally on the western coast. 
MERGES SERRATOR. 
The Red-hreasted Mergauser. 
Abundant about San Francisco in winter. It is also common on the Columbia during part 
of the year. I frequently saw these birds in the markets, but suspect no one eats them but the 
Chinamen. 
