The Teal.1 OF ORKNEY. 145 



ted with black, each feather having a spot ; the belly a dull 

 white ; the tail pointed, white underneath ; the vent black ; 

 the wings had the quills dusky, with green specula ; the legs 

 and feet dusky. 



The teal continues with us the whole year ; builds in the 

 marshes and wet places, often in rush bushes. 



Besides this, I have seen another bird of the teal-kind here 

 called Atteal *. It is found in our lochs in great numbers in 

 winter ; is very small, brown or dusky above, and a yellowish 

 belly ; but I have not been able to procure specimens of it, 

 so as to distinguish it properly. 



Species 4. — The Golden-Eye. 



Wil. Orn. 368. Rail Syn. Av. 143. Anas clangula, Lin. Sj/s. 201. Brit. Zool. 



460. 



Seen only with us in winter, when we observe them in 

 flocks of a dozen ; easily distinguished from all the duck-kind 

 by the Avhite spot at each corner of the bill ; the female less 

 than the male; oftener found lurking in the sedges of fresh wa- 

 ters than in the sea, which she frequents mostly in frosts ; the 

 male found mostly in the sea, where he is continually diving. 

 The female is easily known from the male by the colour of 



* In a storm (winter 1773-4), I met with a bird of the teal-kind, nothing dif- 

 fering in colour from the above description, but only weighing nine ounces and a 

 half, but whether this is the male atteal am uncertain. 



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