CLANGULA GLAUCIUM I GOLDEN-EYED DUCK. 317 



GOLDEN-EYED DUCK; WHISTLER. 

 CLANGULA GLAUCIUM (L.) Brehm. 



Chars. Male : with the head puffy, dark-colored, iridescent, with 

 large white patches ; lower neck all around, under parts, includ- 

 ing sides, most of the scapulars, wing-coverts and secondaries, 

 white ; lining of wings and axillars dark ; most of upper parts 

 black ; no waving on back and sides. Female with the head less 

 puffy, brown or dark gray, with traces of the white patches, or 

 not ; somewhat less white on the wings ; fore breast and sides 

 with gray, the feathers paler-edged. Bill much shorter than 

 head, very high at the base, tapering, with median nostrils. 

 Male with the head and upper neck glossy dark green, and 

 a white oval or rounded loral spot, not touching the base of the 

 bill throughout ; white continuous on outer surface of wing ; bill 

 black, with pale or yellow end ; feet orange ; webs dusky; eyes 

 yellow. Length, 16.00-19.00 ; extent, about 28.00 ; wing, 8.00- 

 9.00 ; bill, 1.25 ; tarsus, 1.75. 



The Golden-eye is resident in New England. It is 

 chiefly known in its character of a winter visitant, but it 

 breeds in Maine, as attested both by Mr. Boardman and 

 Mr. Deane. The latter speaks of a nest, containing 

 eight eggs, placed in a hollow stump at Lake Umbagog, 

 and its nidification would appear to be usually arboreal. 



BARROW'S GOLDEN-EYE ; ROCKY MOUN- 

 TAIN GARROT. 



CLANGULA ISLANDICA (Gm.) Bp. 



Chars. Very similar to the last ; gloss of head purplish and violet ; 

 the loral spot larger, triangular or crescentic, applied against the 

 whole side of the bill at base ; white on surface of wing divided 



