1-20 BIRDS. PALMIPIDES. Clangula. 



Eider, Will. Orn. 277- Sibb. Scot. 21 A. moll. Linn. Syst. i. 198. Perm. 



Brit. Zool. ii. 581. Temm. Orn. ii. 848.— £, Edder, Cuthbert Duck ; 

 S, Dunter Goose; W, Hwyad fwythblu. — In the islands of Scotland, 

 common. 



Length 22 inches, weight 4 pounds. Bill 1\ inches long. Irides brown. 

 Crown (with the exception of a white line near the nape), front and sides of 

 the head, black. Nape to the throat pea-green. Cheeks, chin, back, and 

 breast, white ; the latter with a reddish tinge. Quills and tail brown. The 

 belly and rump black. Female less ; plumage reddish-brown, with transverse 



waved black lines Nest of sea- weeds, lined with the dozen, so well known, 



which it plucks from its body. Eggs 5, pale greenish-olive The young male ci- 

 nereous, with brown spots ; breast with transverse black and white rays. The 

 trachea resembles that of the King Eider. 



177. S. spectabilis. King Eider. — Lateral divisions of the 

 bill elevated, arched, ridged ; bill and feet vermillion. 



Anas spect- Linn. Syst. i. 1!)5. Temm. Orn. ii. 851. (Trachea, Linn. 

 Trans, xii. tab. xxx. f. 1, 2.) Breeds in the Northern Isles. 



In size nearly equal to the last. Feathers at the base of the bill, black ; 

 crown and nape bluish-grey ; cheeks green ; neck, back, and sides of the rump, 

 white ; scapulars, lower part of the back, wings, tail, and belly black, Ter- 

 tials as in the preceding species, deflected. Female, like that of the preceding 

 species in plumage, but the base of the bill furnishes sufficiently distinguish- 

 ing marks — Nest of sea-weeds, lined with down. Eggs 6, cinereous-olive — 

 Mr Bullock found this species breeding in Papa Westra, Orkney, in the end 

 of June — Mont. Supp. Orn. Diet. 



Gen. LXXXIII. CLANGULA.— Bill short and narrow. 



178. C. vulgaris. Golden Eye. — Bill black, legs yellow. 

 A white spot under the eye. Wing-spot white. 



Anas platyrynchos mas, Will. Orn. 282 A. Clangula, Linn. Syst. i. 



201. Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 587- Temm. Orn. ii. 870. (Trachea, Linn. 

 Trans, iv. tab. xv. f. 1, 2.) — E, Pied Wigeon ; S, Gowdy Duck ; W, 

 Llygad aur A regular winter visitant of the coast and lakes. 



Length 19, breadth 31 inches ; weight 2 pounds. Bill broader at the base 

 than the point ; the nostrils small, placed beyond the middle. Irides bright 

 yellow. Webs of the toes dusky. Head and upper neck green, with a tinge 

 of purple. Lower neck, beneath, part of the scapulars, and greater wing- 

 covers, white. Back, rump, and lesser wing-covers, black. Quills black, ex- 

 cept seven of the secondaries, which are mostly white. Tail dusky, of 10 

 pointed feathers. In the female, the bill is yellowish at the point, the head 

 is brown, the feathers on the back dusky, edged with cinereous. Breeds in 

 the northern regions, in lakes and ponds (Phil. Trans, lxii. 417«). Young like 

 the female. In the second year the white eye-spot appears. The young and 

 female have been describe:! by several British writers as the Morillon (A. 

 Glaucion, Linn.). The windpipe and tail readily furnish proofs of identity. 



179. C. histrion'ica. Harlequin Duck. — Bill and legs black. 

 A white patch befere the eye. Wing-spot blue. 



A- hist. Linn. Syst. i. 204. Sowerli/s Brit. Misc. tab. vi Temm. Orn. ii. 



878. — A rare winter visitant of the north of Scotland. 



Length 1 7, breadth 2(i inches; weight 18 ounces. Bill, with the nostrils 



near the base, above. Irides brown. Legs with a bluish tinge. Head, 



neck, back, wings, and rump, black, with purple reflections. In front of the 



