90 GOLDEN-EYE. 



The wings have the first quill feather the longest; greater 

 and lesser wing coverts, black at the base, the remainder 

 white, with a few streaks of black; primaries, dusky black. 

 Of the secondaries, seven are mostly white, the remainder 

 dusky black; tertiaries, dusky black. Tail, dusky greyish black; 

 it is rather long, and consists of sixteen feathers; upper tail 

 coverts, bluish black; under tail coverts, white. The legs, 

 which are short, and the toes, are orange yellow; the inner 

 and hinder toes furnished with lateral webs, the latter large; 

 webs, dusky black. 



Female; bill, brownish black at the base, towards the tip 

 yellowish orange brown; iris, pale yellow. Head, crown, neck 

 on the upper part, nape, chin, and throat, rusty brown, the 

 lower part of the neck or collar in front white. Breast on 

 the upper part, greyish ash-colour, the centres of the feathers 

 dark, below white or greyish white, the flanks blackish grey 

 in rather a mottled manner, the margins of the feathers being 

 paler than the rest. Back, brownish black, the edges of the 

 leathers being paler, with a bluish grey tint. Greater wing 

 coverts, white, the bases brownish black; lesser wing coverts, 

 grey, tipped with white, the bases brownish black; primaries, 

 dusky black; secondaries, partly white; tertiaries, dusky black. 

 Tail, greyish black, the edges of the feathers bluish grey; 

 upper tail coverts, greyish black; under tail coverts, mottled 

 with greyish black. Legs and toes, pale dusky yellowish orange 

 in front, the hind part blackish; webs, dusky. 



The young male at first is like the female, but by degrees 

 the brown of the head becomes darker, and acquires the 

 glossy green, and the feathers become more elongated; the 

 white patch shews itself, the back also grows darker, and 

 more white is apparent on the wings. After the third moult 

 the full plumage is put on. 



The plate is from a drawing made by John Gatcombe, Esq., 

 Wyndham Place, Plymouth. 



