90 GOLDEN-EYE. 
The wings have the first quill feather the longest; greater 
and lesser wing coverts, black at the base, the remainder 
white, with a few streaks of black; primaries, dusky black. 
Of the secondaries, seven are raostly white, the remainder 
dusky black; tertiaries, dusky black. Tail, dusky greyish black; 
it is rather long, and consists of sixteen feathers; upper tail 
coverts, bluish black; under tail coverts, white. The legs, 
which are short, and the toes, are orange yellow; the inner 
and hinder toes furnished with lateral webs, the latter large; 
webs, dusky black. 
Female; bill, brownish black at the base, towards the tip 
yellowish orange brown; iris, pale yellow. Head, crown, neck 
on the upper part, nape, chin, and throat, rusty brown, the 
lower part of the neck or collar in front white. Breast on 
the upper part, greyish ash-colour, the centres of the feathers 
dark, below white or greyish white, the flanks blackish grey 
in rather a mottled manner, the margins of the feathers being 
paler than the rest. Back, brownish black, the edges of the 
feathers being paler, with a bluish grey tint. Greater wing 
coverts, white, the bases brownish black; lesser wing coverts, 
grey, tipped with white, the bases brownish black; primaries, 
dusky black; secondaries, partly white; tertiaries, dusky black. 
Tail, greyish black, the edges of the feathers bluish grey; 
upper tail coverts, greyish black; under tail coverts, mottled 
with greyish black. Legs and toes, pale dusky yellowish orange 
in front, the hind part blackish; webs, dusky. 
The young male at first is like the female, but by degrees 
the brown of the head becomes darker, and acquires the 
glossy green, and the feathers become more elongated; the 
white patch shews itself, the back also grows darker, and 
more white is apparent on the wings. After the third moult 
the full plumage is put on. 
The plate is from a drawing made by John Gatcombe, Esq, 
Wyndham Place, Plymouth. 
