. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . with 6-10 ; bright green when fresh, but fading to a dull grayish tint; X Barrows Golden-eye Duck is so much like the more commonWhistler that few but experts can separate them, the shape of thewhite patch on the cheeks of the male being the only distinguishingcharacteristic. In habits the two species do not differ, but the present one isfound farther north, breeding from southern Labrador to northernGreenland, and wintering to the Bay of Fundy ; it is rarely seen sofar sou
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . with 6-10 ; bright green when fresh, but fading to a dull grayish tint; X Barrows Golden-eye Duck is so much like the more commonWhistler that few but experts can separate them, the shape of thewhite patch on the cheeks of the male being the only distinguishingcharacteristic. In habits the two species do not differ, but the present one isfound farther north, breeding from southern Labrador to northernGreenland, and wintering to the Bay of Fundy ; it is rarely seen sofar south as Massachusetts. I am inclined to question the statement made in The WaterBirds of North America, that these birds undoubtedly breedalong the St. Croix River. An occasional unfertile or unhealthyexample may linger in the Bay of Fundy and adjacent waters duringthe summer months, but no evidence has been obtained of an evi-dently mated pair having been seen there. Neither Wilson norAudubon knew this bird, and Nuttall writes: It has hitherto beenfound only in the valleys of the Rocky HARLEQUIN DUCK. LORD AND HISTRIONICUS. Char. Male : upper parts chiefly bluish black, the wings varied withwhite; wing-patch purple; stripes of white on head, neck, and breast;stripes of chestnut on sides of crown ; breast and belly grayish brown,sides chestnut; bill bluish black ; legs and feet leaden blue. Lengthabout 17 inches. The female smaller and of a general grayish browncolor above ; band of white around base of bill; belly dull white. A^est. Usually on the ground close to a stream, — sometimes in a hol-low tree ; made of grass and sedges and lined with feathers. Eggs. 6-10 ; warm cream color, often tinged with olive ; X This singularly marked and beautiful species is almosta constant resident of the hyperboreal regions of the north-ern hemisphere, from which it migrates but short distancestowards more temperate latitudes, and is, as in Europe, a
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