Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Range (Breeds in the far)

Breeds in the far north-Greenland, Iceland, and Alaska-and southward in the Rocky Mountains; winters as far south as Illinois and Virginia. Washington, A. V., one record. Long Island, A. V.

Nest, in a stump or hollow tree.

Eggs, six to ten, pale bluish, 2·40 × 1.70.

SEA DUCKS.

A more northern species than the preceding, which it resembles in habits 153. Charitonetta albeola (Linn.). BUFFLEHEAD; BUTTER-BALL; SPIRIT

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