ANATIDA—DUCKS. 205 
GOLDENE YE. 
Fuligula clangula (Lenz.). 
Adult Male: 4 large spot below the lores, lower portion 
of neck, under parts, zzzer secondaries, middle and greater 
wing-coverts and scapulars pure white, the latter streaked with 
black, tail-feathers dusky-grey ; zest of plumage black, glossed 
on head and neck with green and violet ; bill black ; legs and 
feet orange, the membranes and soles almost black ; irides 
bright yellow. Length 17 to 18 inches; culmen 1°25; wing 
Bo €0:9°55)) tall 2175 5, tarsus 55. 
Adult Female: Considerably smaller. Head and fore 
neck uniform umber-brown; lower neck in front, abdomen 
and flanks white; upper parts blackish, the feathers margined 
with ashy-grey; wing-speculum white; greater wing-coverts 
white, tipped with black ; chest dark grey, the former mottled 
with white. 
Young in first plumage: Resemble the adult female, 
but are duller and show browner thighs. The males may be 
distinguished by their larger size. 
Distribution: Frequents the Northern Palearctic and 
Nearctic regions. Scarce in South-western Europe. 
Habitat: Principality frequents rivers and lakes, but may 
also be found on the sea-coast. 
ISLANDIC OR BARROW'S GOLDENEYE. 
Fuligula islandica (Gme/.). 
Adult Male: Resembles #: clangu/a, but is larger, the 
head is more fully crested, and the gloss on the head is pur- 
plish, varying in some lights to bott}e-green with a purplish 
tinge ; between the eye and the bill is an zrregular crescentic 
white patch ; rest of plumage as in & clangula ; but the white 
markinzs on the scapulars are broader and rounder, and the 
white on the wing consists of ¢wo smaller patches divided by a 
broad black band , bill dark plumbeous ; irides rich yellow ; legs 
yellow. Length about 20 inches; culmen 1°5 ; wing 9°2; tail 
4; tarsus 1°6 (Dresser), 
