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in point of locality) in the hollow of a tree, in the manner of 

 the Wood Duck (Dendronessa sponsa.) The eggs are sta- 

 ted to be from twelve to fourteen, and of a pure white. The 

 flesh of the Golden-Eye, although inferior in flavour to that 

 of many other Ducks, is tender and palatable, especially 

 when deprived of its thick and oily skin ; and in the market 

 is indiscriminately sold for Wigeon. The trachea of the 

 male bird is of singular conformation *, and differs from that 

 of all the preceding species. In addition to the labyrinthic 

 part (which is very large, consisting of an orca and tympa- 

 num, placed transversely to the trachea, but of which it is 

 impossible to convey an accurate idea by words), an extra- 

 ordinary enlargement takes place about the middle of the 

 tube itself. This ventricose part, observes MONTAGU, con- 

 sists of the same cartilaginous rings as the rest of the wind- 

 pipe, and is, in fact, only a great enlargement of the same 

 structure, being at least four times the diameter of any other 

 part, and upwards of three inches in length, when fully ex- 

 tended. It is so formed, by the inequality of its cartilagi- 

 nous annulations, and the intermediate membranes, as to be 

 not only capable of contracting to little more than an inch in 

 length, but also of compression, its under part being, when 

 in the contracted state, considerably flattened. 



PLATE 62. Represents the adult Male (the Golden-Eye) and 



the Female (being the Morillon of some authors.) 

 Spot behind the base of the upper mandible pure white. General 

 Forehead and chin brownish-black. The rest of the ^ n * 

 head, and the upper part of the neck, glossy duck- Male, 

 green, in some lights shewing a rich purple reflection. 

 Lower part of the neck, breast, intermediate wing-co- 

 verts, the seven posterior secondaries, belly, and abdo- 



* For accurate figures of the tracheae of the Anatidae, &c. I refer my 

 readers to Dr LATHAM'S Essay, in the fourth volume of the Linnean 

 Transactions, and to the admirable one of Mr YARRELL upon the same 

 subject, published in the fifteenth volume of that work. 

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