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may be easily got to come to the call and dive for 

 grain or bread. 



The Tufted Duck has the bill pale blue, the nail 

 black ; irides bright yellow (in consequence of which 

 it is occasionally mistaken for and called the 

 " Goldeneye " ) ; the head and the long feathers at 

 the back of the head forming the tuft are black, 

 glossed in some lights with purple ; the breast and 

 all the upper parts are black ; there is, however, a 

 white speculum on the secondary quills ; the belly 

 and flanks are white ; the back part of the thighs, 

 flanks and under tail-coverts dusky; the legs and 

 toes are dark blue ; the webs black. In the female 

 the head, neck and all the upper parts are dark 

 dusky brown; there is a white speculum on the 

 secondary quills, as in the male ; breast brown ; 

 belly and flanks dullish white ; under tail-coverts 

 and back part of the flanks brown, mixed with 

 white. 



The eggs are said to be rather pointed at one end ; 

 of a pale buff colour, tinged with green. 



GOLDENEYE, Fuligula clangula. This beautiful 

 Duck is not of very common occurrence in our 

 comity, and those that do occur are generally young 

 males of the first year or females. It seems to make 

 its appearance quite as frequently on our inland 

 waters as on our coast : it is only a winter visitor to 

 these parts and does not, I believe, remain to breed 

 in any part of England. 



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