. Un guide des oiseaux de la Nouvelle-Angleterre et de l'est de New York; contenant une clé pour chaque saison et de courtes descriptions de plus de 250 espèces, avec une référence particulière à leur apparition sur le terrain . ; sous les parties (sauf la gorge et le cou) blanc ; bec, jambes, et pieds dusky. Nicher, généralement dans un trou dans un arbre, habituellement près de l'eau.oeufs, gris-blanc, teinté de vert. Le Buffle-Head est un migrant assez courant en octobre, mars et avril le long de la côte de Xew York et jSTew Angleterre, se produisant dans de grands étangs de sable de rivière intérieure. C'est une visite d'hiver très rare du sud du Maine sou

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. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over 250 species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field . ; under parts (except throatand neck) white ; bill, legs, and feet dusky. Nest, generally in a hole in a tree, usually near the water.Eggs, grayish-white, tinged with green. The Buffle-head is a rather common migrant in October, March, and April along the coast of Xew York and jSTew England, occurring alsoon large inland streamsand ponds. It is a ratheruncommon winter visit-ant from southernMaine southward, and isreported as breedingsparingly in northeast-ern Maine (Knight). Itis the smallest of thesea ducks, and among theriver ducks only theGreen-winged Teal issmaller. It dives with the quickness of a grebe. Itshabits along the sea-coast are similar to those of theWhistler, and it is often associated with that species, pre-ferring the mouths of rivers, and the harbors and covesalong the shore to the shoals well out at sea. A male may be known by the large patch of white inthe head, extending fro?)i behind the eye to the toj) of thehead. The head-feathers are long, and give the head a. Fig. 85. Buffle-head AMERICAN GOLDEN-EYE 297 bushy look. The female and young males have a whitepatch extending from the eye to the back of the head. (Seethe following species, and the Hooded Merganser, p. 307.) Note. — Barrows Golden-eye, Clangula islandica, a species whichresembles the following- closely in appearance and habit, is a rarewinter visitant on the Maine coast. The chief differences are in thepurplish-blue of the head, and the shape of the white spot before theeye, which in this species is twice as large and somewhat crescent-shaped. It would not ordinarily be safe to attempt to distinguish thetwo species, unless the birds were in the hand. American Golden-eye ; Whistler. Clangula clangula americana 20.00 Ad. $. — Head black (greenish in good light), slightly crested;spot b

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