BARROW’S GOLDEN EYE. is Ue | 
continued to blow from W.N.W. for twenty-one days, which caused 
such low tides in the river, that the grass froze to the ice every- 
where; and, a thaw coming on suddenly, the whole was raised by 
the roots, and carried off by the fresh. The next winter, a few of 
these Ducks were seen; but they soon went away again: and, for 
many years after, they continued to be scarce; and, even to the 
present day, in the opinion of my informant, have never been so 
plenty as before.” 
The delicacy of the flesh of this bird for food is so well 
known that any remarks here seem superfluous ; but I will 
say that it does not greatly excel that of the Red Head, and 
in my own opinion is not at all superior to that of the Teals 
or Widgeon. 
The Canvas-back breeds in the most northern portions of 
the continent. I am ignorant of its habits in the season 
of incubation, and have but one egg in my collection to 
describe from. This is of an ovate form, nearly oval, of a 
pale-blue color with an olivaceous tinge, quite smooth to 
the touch, and quite thin and brittle. Its dimensions are 
2.54 by 1.78 inch. 
BUCEPHALA, Batrrp. 
Clangula, FLEMING, Philos. Zool. (1828). (Type Anas clangula, L.) Not of 
1822, which has Anas glacialis for type, according to G. R. Gray. 
Bill, from feathers of forehead, about equal to the tarsus, and shorter than the 
head; high at the base; lateral outlines tapering to the tip, where tHe nail forms 
only the central portion, though rather large; nostrils situated near the middle of 
the bill; feathers of chin and forehead extending only moderately forward, a little 
further than those of the cheeks; tarsus rather more than half the foot; tail moder- 
ately long, about half the wing, and somewhat pointed; of sixteen feathers. 
BUCEPHALA ISLANDICA. — Baird. 
Barrow’s Golden Eye. 
Fuligula ( Clangula) Barrowii, Nuttall. Man., II. 444. 
Fuligula clangula, Audubon. Orn. Biog., V. (1889) 105. Jd., Birds Am., VI. 
(1843). 
