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GOLDEX-EYE. 



COMMON GOT,DEN-EYE. GARROT. EATTLE-WINGS. 

 GOLDEN-EYE DUCK. 



PLATE CXCIX. — FIG. II. 



Anas clangula, .... Pennant. Montagu. 



Anas (jlaucion, .... Bewick. 



Clanr/ula vulfjaris, .... Flemimg. Selby. 



Clangula clirysoplitludmus, . . Jenyns. 



The Golden Eye builds in tlic vicinity of lakes and 

 rivers, giving a preference to the latter, particularly 

 such as flow over falls and rapids. The Laplanders 

 place boxes with holes in them, in the trees in these 

 localities, for the birds to build in, and thus procure 

 the eggs, for the cotes are sure to be resorted to for 

 the purpose of laying in. The nest is made of rushes 

 and other herbage, lined with down. Mr. Hewitson 

 found one in a hole in a tree, ten or twelve feet from 

 the ground. 



The eggs arc of a greenish hue, and from ten to 

 fourteen in number. 



