42 WATER FOWL OF INDIA AND ASIA. 
showing when these are closed. The others have ordi- 
nary bills and tails, with wings, though small, of reason- 
able size. 
The Red-crested Pochard is distinguished by its more 
or less red or orange feet, while the ordinary Pochards 
(five species) all have grey feet. I shall treat of their 
distinctions inter se when I come to them in their turn. 
The Golden-eye. 
Clangula glaucion, BLANFORD, Faun. Brit. Ind., 
Birds, Vol. IV, p. 464. 
VERNACULAR NAMES.—Burgee, Panjab. 
In addition to the peculiarity of its forwardly-placed 
nostrils, the Golden-eye’s bill is remarkable for its short- 
ness and depth at the root ; it lowers rapidly to the tip, 
and the sides also taper somewhat. The wings and tail 
are rather long for a diving-duck’s but narrow ; the 
shanks short, and the feet very large, the middle toe 
bemg about twice the length of the shank. 
The male’s plumage is mostly white, but the head 
is dark glossy green, with a white patch on each side 
atthe base of the beak; the back, edge of the wing, 
primary and tertiary quills are black ; the scapulars 
are white with black edges, and the tail dark grey or 
black. 
The female is dark grey where the male is black, 
and has a dark brown head with no white on the face, 
and the white of the wing mixed with dark ; the grey of 
the upper surface extends more or less across the breast. 
The young and the male in undress resemble the 
female, but males are whiter on the wings according 
Ova ge! 
The bill is black in the male, blackish in the female 
and young, sometimes with a yellow patch at the tip in 
