160 OCEAN BIRDS. 



No. 159. Whistler. AMERICAN QOLDEN=EYE. 



Order: Anseres. Genus: Glaucionetta. 



Family: Anatidoe. Species: G. clangula americana. 



Distribution: 



A common winter visitor. 



Date of Arrival: 



]\liddle of November. 



Date of Departure: 

 INliddle of April. 



General Plumage: 



Male, upper parts black, white marked, head and throat 

 shiny black; under parts and spot at bill's base white. Fe- 

 male, upper parts ashen, head and throat cinnamon; under 

 parts while, upper breast ashen, front of neck white. Bill 

 black, yellow tip, feet orange. Length about 20.00. 



So^ig and Other Notes: 



Whistle of wings when flying. 



Haunts: 



Ocean, bays, tide water rivers. 



