. North American birds eggs . speculum is gray instead of white. The habits and nesting habits ofthe Ring-neck do not differ from those of the other Scaups. They lay from sixto twelve eggs. Size x Data.—Cape Bathurst, N. W. T., June 18,1901. Ten eggs in a slight hollow in the moss, lined with down. Collector,Captain 1. American Golden-eye. Claiigula aniericana. Range.—North America, breeding both on the coast and in the interior, fromthe northern border of the United States northward to the Arctic Ocean. These are handsome Ducks knownas Whistlers from the noise oftheir wi
. North American birds eggs . speculum is gray instead of white. The habits and nesting habits ofthe Ring-neck do not differ from those of the other Scaups. They lay from sixto twelve eggs. Size x Data.—Cape Bathurst, N. W. T., June 18,1901. Ten eggs in a slight hollow in the moss, lined with down. Collector,Captain 1. American Golden-eye. Claiigula aniericana. Range.—North America, breeding both on the coast and in the interior, fromthe northern border of the United States northward to the Arctic Ocean. These are handsome Ducks knownas Whistlers from the noise oftheir wings when flying, and Great-heads because of the puffy head is greenish with a largeround white spot in front of, and alittle below the eye. The rest of theplumage is blacls and white. Thisspecies nests in hollow trees nearthe water, lining the cavity withgrass, moss and leaves, and liningthe nest with down from theirbreasts. In May and June they layfrom six to ten eggs of a grayishgreen color. Size x [Grayish North American Birds Eggs. 77 152. Barrow Golden-eye. Claiigula islandim. Range.—Northern North America, breeding north of the United States ex-cept from the mountainous portions of Colorado northward. This Golden-eye differs from the preceding chiefly in tire shape of the whitespot before the eye, which in this species is in the form of a crescent. The sizeis the same, about 20 inches in length. The reflections on the head are purplishrather than greenish as in the preceding. The nesting habits are the same,they building in hollow trees near water. The six to ten eggs are not differentfrom the preceding. Size x Data.—Alfusa, Iceland, June 30, eggs. Nest of grass and down in a box attached to a tree by an islander. 153. Buffle-head. Charitimetta albeola. Range. — North America, breedingfrom United States northward. Win-ters south to Mexico. Gunners know this handsome littleduck by the names of Butter-ball,and D
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