90 S CA UP-D UCKGOLDEN-E YE. 



of floating lazily on the water, preening its feathers. When 

 feeding it dives incessantly. 



Food. Vegetable matters principally ; also insects, mol- 

 lusca, &c. 



Nest. May. One brood. 



Site. Amongst rushes or other aquatic herbage near water. 



Materials. Dry grass and sedges, lined with blackish down. 



Eggs. Eight to twelve or more. Greenish buff. 



SCAUP-DUCK (Fuligula mania). 



A common winter visitor to our coast lines. Doubtful if it 

 ever breeds in the British Islands. 



Haunts. Oozy flats at the mouth of rivers and the like. 



Plumage. Head, neck, and chest black. Mantle minutely 

 vermiculated with greyish brown and white. Speculum white, 

 bordered with greenish black. Eump, wings, and tail brown ; 

 under parts white. Bill bluish grey, with black nail. Legs 

 and feet lead-colour. Length 19 in. Female : broad white 

 band at base of bill ; head and neck sooty black ; under parts 

 dull white ; flanks and under tail-coverts mottled with brown. 

 Young, much like female. 



Language. A harsh discordant " scaup." 



Habits. Gregarious. Flight rapid, and wings quickly 

 vibrated. Except when feeding on mud-flats, it dives for its 

 food. 



Food. Mollusca and Crustacea chiefly; also various sea- 

 plants. 



Nidification. Breeds in Northern Europe. 



GOLDEN-EYE (Clangula glaucion). 



A common winter visitor ; more abundant towards the north. 

 It is possible it may breed in Scotland. 



Haunts. Sea and inland waters. 



Plumage. Head and neck green, with white spot under the 

 eye. Back black. Neck, scapulars, speculum, and under parts 

 white. Thighs dark brown. Bill bluish black. Legs and feet 

 yellow ; webs blackish. Length 19 in. Female : dark brown 

 above, minus white face-spot ; under parts white. Y T oung, 

 similar. 



Language. Very silent, but it sometimes utters a low croak. 



Habits. Flight like last, but even more violent, with the 

 result that the wings produce a whistling kind of sound. Food 

 obtained by diving. 



Food. Like the Scaup. 



Nidification. =Like the Scaup. 



