121. THE GOLDEN-EYE. 



Clangula clangida, (Linn/eus).* 



Outer web of the primaries blackish ; 



inner web drab, with a blackish 



tip. 

 Axillaries uniformly blackish or brown. 

 The middle secondaries entirely white. 

 Head and upper neck dark, sharply 



defined from the white of the lower 



neck. 



MALE : — Head black, with a white patch 

 on each cheek. 



FEMALE :— Head chocolate-brown ; no 

 white patch on the cheeks. 



Vernacular Names -.—Burgee, Punjab. 



The Golden-eye has been met with in 

 India on so very few occasions that it 

 may justly be looked upon as a very rare 

 visitor. It has only been observed hitherto 

 in Sind, the Punjab and the North-west 

 Provinces, but I have good reason to 



* Clangula glancion of the British Museum 

 Catalogue. 



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