the upper mandible, by the énd of January, but, it more frequently‘
begins at a later period, namely, in March*
The trachea of this species is singular in its form,, differing
from the character of those- of; the Ducks In /general, arid
bearing some rèsemblance to those of the Mergansers* both
in the tube and in the labyrinth. ' Thé length ris about-nine-
inchèé, the diameter of the? upper half oh the tuHe&qual in
size and small; at the commerfcementbf•tKe^se'cdndhalf,'1 the
tubéds dilatèd ta ïh u r times'thfe preyióus size, and t a r i n g s
are so.'arranged i as to lay‘flat upon ’each-other. The;'laèty or
fourth, portion, again contracts till :it * ends ihïêh^i^byriiithi,
of which the ’vignette= below 'represents .the surface ^rH^est
the back of the .bird.: The .-bronühial a re-ife sb fy edHp
be unequal inde®gl%: M conq>énsatèïfor ^^^®4quity.'of tte
inferior'surface of the labyrinth, which, .as ’usual; is imade up
partly of bone and partly of membranes
N A T ITO R E S . A NA TIDJE.
BU F FE L -H EA D ED DUCK.
Clangula albeola, Buffel-headed Garrot, J enyns, Brit. Vert. p. 246.
Fuligula ,, Buffel-headed Duck, B onaparte, A udubon, an d o th e rs.
* T h i s species was included by Mr. Donovan in his British
Birds, volume 10, plate 226, but no authority was named
on which it was given, nor any record of the place of capture.
In the winter of 1830, or about that time, a male
was shot near Yarmouth, in Norfolk, which passed into the
possession of Mr. Stephen Miller, a resident there, who
prized it very highly. Of Mr. Miller’s bird, Mr. Joseph
Clarke, of Saffron Walden, very kindly sent me a drawing.
This bird is also referred to by Mr. Paget, in his Sketch of
the Natural History of Yarmouth and its vicinity, page 11,