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BUFFLE-HEADED DUCK. : 533 
BUCEPHALA CLANGULA (L.) Gr. 
Golden-eyed Duck. 
Fuligula clangula, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 166, 187. 
Bucephala americana, WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 370; Reprint, 1861, 12. 
Bucephala clangula, WHEATON, Food of Birds, ete., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 574; Re- 
print, 1875, 14.—LANGDON, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 17; Revised List, Journ. Cin. 
Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 186; Reprint, 20. 
Anas clangula, LINNZUS, Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 201. 
Fuligula clangula, BONAPARTE, Syn., 1828, 393. 
Bucephala americana, BArRD, Birds N. Am., 1858, 796. 
Bucephala clangula, Couns, Key, 1872, 290. 
Male with the head and upper neck glossy green, and a white oval or rounded loral 
spot, not touching the base of the bill throughout; lower neck all round, lower parts in- 
cluding sides, most of the scapulars, wing-coverts and secondaries, white; the white of 
outer surface. of wings continuous; lining of wings and axillars dark; most of upper 
parts black ; no waving on the back or sides; bill black with pale or yellow end, with 
nostrils in anterior half; feet orange, webs dusky; eyes yellow; head uniformly puffy. 
Female with head snuff-brown, and no white patch in front of eye, and white of wings 
not always continuous. Length, 16-19: wing, 8-9. 
Habitat, North America. Cuba. Europe. 
Not very common spring and fall migrant and winter resident. The 
Golden-eye or Whistler, as commonly called from its noisy flight, is most 
frequently seen in small flocks or singly, in swift streams, where the 
water remains unfrozen. They are among the shyest of our ducks. 
BUCEPHALA ALBEOLA (L.) Bd. 
Wufle=-headed Duck. 
Fuligula albeola, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 166, 187. 
Bucephala albeola, WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 370; Reprint, 1861, 12; Food of 
Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 574; Reprint, 1875, 14.—_Lanepon, Cat. Birds 
of Cin., 1877, 17; Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 186; Reprint, 20; 
Summer Birds, ib., iii, 1880, 229. 
Anas albeola, LINNZUS, Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 199. 
Fuligula albeola, BONAPARTE, Syn., 1828, 394. 
Bucephala albeola, BAIRD, Birds N. Am., 1858, 797. 
Somewhat similar to the foregoing, but, male with the head particularly puffy, of varied 
rich iridescence, with a large white auricular patch confluent with its fellow on the 
nape; small; length, 14-16; wing, 6-7; bill, 1, with nostrils in its basal half; female 
still smaller, an insignificant looking duck, with head scarcely puffy, dark-gray with 
traces of the white auricular patch. 
Habitat, North America. Mexico. Cuba. Greenland. Accidental in Europe. 
Abundant spring and fall migrant, and winter resident in part. Mr. 
Langdon mentions its frequent occurrence in summer on the lake. The 
