GOLDEN-EYE GARROT. 153 



is common, and is well known to American orni- 

 thologists. 



The adult male has the head and upper part 

 of the neck rich glossy green, the feathers of a 

 loose texture and capable of being much raised at 

 will, on the chin nearly black ; but a conspicuous 

 mark is an oval spot behind the base of the maxilla 

 of pure white, which can be seen in flight even at a 

 great distance. The lower parts of the neck, breast, 

 belly and vent are pure white, the long flank fea- 

 thers having the outer part of their inner webs black ; 

 the back and mantle, part of the scapulars, and long 

 tertials, black; the outer scapulars white, having their 

 exterior webs margined with black ; the intermediate 

 wing covers, and last secondaries pure white ; the 

 quills and tail blackish brown; legs and feet orange. 

 In the female the head and neck are umber-brown, 

 the breast grey, and remaining under parts pure 

 white ; the upper parts are brownish black, the fea- 

 thers edged with grey, and the conspicuous markings 

 of white on the wings of the male are here much inter- 

 mixed with brown or greyish brown. The young 

 males are of a larger size, but in other respects nearly 

 resemble the colouring of the females ; the crown of 

 the head, as they advance, gets darker, the white 

 patch can be traced, and the proportion of white on 

 the wings and scapulars is greater, the tint more 

 pure. 



We may remark, that Audubon considers the 

 Clangula Barrovii of Rich, and Swain, only a va- 

 riety of this bird, but a close comparison points out 



