GOLDEN-EYE. 



ANSERES. 



435 



ANATID.E. 



% 



Clangula glaucion (Linnfeus*). 



THE GOLDEN-EYE. 



Fuligula clangula. 



Clangula, Boief. — Bill much shorter than the head, higher than broad at 

 the base, depressed towards the tip, which is slightly pointed ; unguis large, 

 elliptical and decurved at the tip ; lamelhc completely hidden by the over- 

 hanging edge of the maxilla ; nostrils near the middle of the bill. Wings 

 rather short, pointed, the first quill-feather the longest. Tail of sixteen feathers, 

 moderately long, rounded. Legs short, placed far back ; tarsi scutellate in 

 front ; hind toe small, slender, broadly lobed ; interdigital membranes full. 



The Golden-eye is another species of Duck, which visits 

 this country in small flocks every winter, and is well known 

 on most parts of our coast, particularly the females and 

 young hirds of the year, which are much more numerous 



• Anas Glaucion, Linnrtnis, Syst. Nat. Ed. Ti, i. p. 201 (17fiti). 

 t Isis, 1822, p. .564. 



