. Animals in menageries. he breast, and the sides,under the wings, yellowish brown, edged with brownishgrey : rest of the under plumage greyish white, broadlybarred across the middle of each feather with clove-brown. The size is much inferior to that of the male. * North. Zool. ii. 459. BUFFEL-HEADED GARROT. 275 The Buffel-headed or Spirit Garrot. Clangula albeola, Leach. {Fig. 44.) Head and neck black, richly glossed with green andpurple ; the feathers very full and silky : body white,with the back and quills black. Female with a whitespot on the ears and wings. Ciangula albeata, Leach, in Ge
. Animals in menageries. he breast, and the sides,under the wings, yellowish brown, edged with brownishgrey : rest of the under plumage greyish white, broadlybarred across the middle of each feather with clove-brown. The size is much inferior to that of the male. * North. Zool. ii. 459. BUFFEL-HEADED GARROT. 275 The Buffel-headed or Spirit Garrot. Clangula albeola, Leach. {Fig. 44.) Head and neck black, richly glossed with green andpurple ; the feathers very full and silky : body white,with the back and quills black. Female with a whitespot on the ears and wings. Ciangula albeata, Leach, in Gen. Zool. xii. ii. 183, NorthernZool. ii. 458. Anas albeola, Linn., Auct., Wilson, viii. f. 2. male, 3. female. Pennant, Arct. Zool. ii. bucephala, Linn., Auct., Pennant, Arct. Zool. ii. Duck, WiUon, Cateshy, Pennant, Latham, Brown Duck, Cateshy, Latham, &c. (the female)..Sareelle blanche et noir, Buffon, PI. Enl. 948. male. LittleBlack and white Duck, Edwards, pi. 100. As there is evidence to show that the food and eco-nomy of this pretty Httle duck are essentially the same asthose of the common golden-eye, there appears no reasonto doubt that it might be as much domesticated on ourwater inclosures as that is. Both breed in the sameregions ; but, in their southward migrations, this speciesappears to confine its range entirely to the Americancontinent. During autumn and winter, this pretty duck is to bemet with in all parts of the United States, enliveningthe sea shores, rivers, and lakes; diving with thegreatest dexterity, and flying with extraordinary early as the latter part of February, the males areT 2 276 ANIMALS IN MENAGERIES. observed to have violent disputes for the females. Atthis time they are more commonly seen in flocks; butduring the preceding part of the winter they usually flyin pairs. Their note, as Wilson observes, is a shortguak. It extends its migrations southward as far asCarolina; and is found on
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