BUFFEL-HEADED CARROT. 



three inches ; three more below this it again forms 

 itself into a hard cartilaginous shell, or labyrinth, of 

 an irregular figure, and nearly as large as a walnut : 

 from the bottom of this the trachea branches off to 

 the two lobes of the lungs ; that branch which goes 

 to the left lobe being three times the diameter of the 

 right. 



The Golden-eye is a native of the arctic regions, 

 and occurs on both continents, flying along the sea- 

 coasts, and the lakes and rivers of the interior : they 

 appear but sparingly in Britain, visiting us in small 

 flocks during the winter, and feeding chiefly in rivers 

 contiguous to the sea, on shell-fish, small fry, &c. 

 They swim and dive well, but seldom walk on shore, 

 and then in a very awkward waddling manner : when 

 flying they make a loud whistling noise with their 

 wings. They retire northward to breed, and are 

 said to build in hollow trees, the female laying four- 

 teen pure white eggs. 



BUFFEL-HEADED CARROT. 



(Clangula albeola. ) 



CL. alba dorso remigibusque nigris, capite colloque cecrulescente 



sericeo nitente, occipite albo ; feraina macula annum alarumque 



alba. 

 White Garrot with the back and quills black, the head and iieck 



bluish with a silken gloss, the occiput white ; female with a 



white spot on the ears and wings. 



