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may be easily. got to come to the call and dive for 
grain or bread. . 
The Tufted Duck has the bill pale blue, the nail 
black ; irides bright yellow (in consequence of which 
it is occasionally mistaken for and called the 
“ Goldeneye”); the head and the long feathers at: 
the back of the head forming the tuft are black, 
glossed in some lights with purple; the breast and 
all the upper parts are black; there is, however, a 
white speculum on the secondary quills; the belly 
and flanks are white; the back part of the thighs, 
flanks and under tail-coverts dusky; the legs and 
toes are dark blue; the webs black. In the female 
the head, neck and all the upper parts are dark 
dusky brown; there is a white speculum on the 
secondary quills, as in the male; breast brown ; 
belly and flanks dullish white; under tail-coverts 
and back part of the flanks brown, mixed with 
white. 
The eggs are said to be rather pointed at one end ; 
of a pale buff colour, tinged with green. 
GoLDENEYE, Fuligula clangula. This beautiful 
Duck is not of very common occurrence in our 
county, and those that do occur are generally young 
males of the first year or females. It seems to make 
its appearance quite as frequently on our inland 
waters as on our coast: it is only a winter visitor to 
these parts and does not, I believe, remain to breed 
in any part of England. 
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