GOLDEN-EYE, WHISTLER. 



Glaucionetta clangula americana (Bonap,). 



The adult male has the head somewhat puffy, but the 

 feathers longer on the back of the head, forming more 

 or less of a crest. The head and upper part of the neck 

 are dark glossy green, with purple reflections and a 

 roundish and sometimes oval white spot just back of the 

 bill and below the eye. The lower neck, fore-back, 

 scapulars and wing-coverts, with the secondaries and 

 most of the under parts, pure white; the back, long 

 scapulars, and the base of the secondaries, black. The 

 long feathers of the wings and their coverts are black- 

 ish. The tail is ashy-gray ; the bill black ; eye yellow ; 

 legs and feet yellowish-red. The total length is about 

 20 inches. 



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