5 o BRITISH BIRDS 



The Golden-eyed Duck. 



This is a larger bird than the Pochard, weighing about 

 2 pounds. It is black and white in colour, the former 

 washed with metallic tints; the iris is bright yellow, whence 

 its English name. It does not breed in this country, though 

 occurring here in considerable numbers during the late 



GOLDEN-EYED DUCKS. 



autumn and winter "where peaceful rivers, soft and 

 slow, amid the verdant landscape flow" according to Mr. 

 Morris, quoting from an old metrical version of the Psalms. 

 The female is rusty-brown in those parts where the male 

 is black, namely, the head, back, and rump. 



