SEA DUCKS. 1119 
     
    
   
   
    
     1). Whole 11 31111 and throat hrown. sharply defined from the gray or white 
     
     neck; a white 111111-11 ISIH‘A'UlllllI)11111115\\'111;.:‘. 
     
     b1. Nostril nearer the tip than the base of the hill. 
     
     1:31. .\.\i.(;oi.i-1-:x—1:\'1: ‘2. 
     
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     1‘. Whole 111-1111 and llt‘Cli hlzu-k . . . . . . . . 11):}. .\.\1. Stow-.1: 6. 
     
     1I. \ white p11teh on the top 111' the head and another on the haek Ot'the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     b9. Nostril in the middle of the hill . 1.32. Bannow's(11111113 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     1111111 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1613. Sl'icr Storm: 6. 
     
     e.\Iid111e of crown hl aek, hoideted hy ehestnut: l'ront 111111' of the face 
     
     white . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15:1ll.\1:11:111‘1.\' [)1'1111 6. 
     
    
   
   
    
     f. Head and neck whitish, grayishY or brownish; no white in the wing. 
     
     J". Bill over 1'25. 
     
     fl. Feathers on eulinen reaching much farther forward than those at 
     
    
   
   
    
     the sides of the hill . . . . . . 1 . . 11H}. Sriw 51111121: 9. 
     
     f3. Feathers e11 enhnen rearhing little if any heyond those at the sides 
     
     01‘ the hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1'13. AM. Scum: ?. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (/1. Bill under 1'23. 
     
     y“. ('entral tail—feathers longest. sharply pointed, under tuil—cm'erts 
     
    
   
   
    
     white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:34. 01.1» $12131“: 
     
     1/3. ( entral tail feathers not shznpl \ pointed; undertailwoverts gray- 
     
     ish hrown . . . . . . . . . . . . 157). IIARLEQL’IN DUCK. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (7. Wing under 7"“). 
     
     a. 'l'ailrt'eathers stitl' and narrow : upper tail—em'erts very short. 
     
     111. 1'pp1-r parts niostly rich chestnutArul'ous. 
     
     1.1 (‘heeks white . . . . . . . . . . . 1'17. Ri‘nnr D1111 5. 
     
     1'3. ('heeks 111111-11 . . . . . . . . 1 . 11H. 1\I.\sk1~:n l)1'1:K 6. 
     
     11'. 1'11p1-r parts grayish or brownish. with sometimes rut'ous markings. 
     
     I)“. Lining of Will}; hlziekish; under parts grayish. 
     
     11H. MASKEU DL‘L‘K 9. 
     
     1:3. Lining of wing whitish : under parts grayish. 
     
     lllT. Ri'nm’ 111171: 9. 
     
     b. 'I'ail—f'eathers normal ; upper tail»eoverts about halt'as lonv 11s tail. 
     
     153.111 111211121111. 
     
     II. Feathers at sides or top of hill extendinvr forward generally as 1111' as nostril. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     .1'-111th1\rs on sides ot' hill not re: 1111in<r nostiil. 
     
     (I. Nostril narr1'1w. elongatezt' 1-:1tl11-rs on 11111111111 extending forward in :1 
     
     narrow line. a V-shaped mark on throat . . . . 1'52. l\'1.\'1; 1121111111. 
     
     b.N1)st1~il large, rounded: feathers on eulmen not extendinw torward in 11 
     
     11111”'1nw lino . . . . . . . . . 11;» \\11|117w1\1.1n \11111" 
     
     B. 1"1 -atl10rs on sides of hill e\'t1- 11111112 as 1'1 11 as nostril. 
     
     1. Bare hase of hill on top nairo\\.endi11g posteiioily in :1 sharp point. 
     
     1:311. (1111: .\'I,.\N[1 1111111211. 
     
     II. Bare hase of" hill on top hroarl. the posterior 01111 rounded. 
     
     11:“. A11. Elm-:11. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     'I'hn HI'P‘ltl'Srt‘RICSTl-II) lH'l‘K 115.7. XII/u I‘ll/('7!!!) is 1111 ()lerorld specie-:11 
     
     \"hipll 11:15111‘1'11 taken onw- in .\1n1-ri1-1. The record is hased on an immature 
     
     malt, {1.111111 in Fulton Market, New York eity, whieh was supposed to have 
     
     been Shot on Long Island.