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ground, or on a tussock, sometimes in a bush 2 to 3 feet above 

 the ground, always well concealed. Its eggs 7 to 12 in 

 number are usually deposited in May and are yellowish or 

 greyish buff and measure about 2'1 by 1'46. 



861. BEER'S DUCK. 

 ^ETHYIA 



jEthyia bceri (Radde), Reis. S. 0. Sib. ii. p. 376, pi. 15 (1863) ; (David 

 and Oust.), Ois. Chine, p. 509. pi. 124 ; (Seebohm), B. Jap, Emp. 

 p. 254 ; (Salvadori), Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxvii. p. 344 ; (Tacz.), F. 0. 

 Sib. O. p. 1169 ; (Blanf.) F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 461. 



Akahajiro, Jap. 



( ad. Differs from N. ferruginea in having the head and neck black, 

 glossed with bottle-green ; bill bluish plumbeous, the base and nail black ; 

 feet lead-grey ; iris white or pale yellow. Culmen 2'0, wing 8'0, tail 2*8, 

 tarsus 1*25 inch. The female differs from that of N. ferruginea in having 

 the head and neck brownish black, with a very faint gloss ; lores rufous 

 brown. 



Hal). Kamchatka ; Eastern Siberia ; in winter migrating 

 to Japan, China, and India; has once occurred in England 

 (cf. Bull. B. O. Club xii. p. 25). 



In its general habits and nidification it resembles- 

 j*E. nyroca ; its eggs also resemble those of that species, being 

 yellowish buff, and measure about 21 by 1'54. 



CLANGULA, Leach, 1819. 



862. GOLDEN-EYE. 

 CLANGULA GLAUCION. 



Clanyula f/laucion (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 201 (1766) ; Gould, B. of Gt. 

 Brit. v. pi. 31 ; Dresser, vi. p. 595, pi. 440 ; Salvadori, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. xxvii. p. 376 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 464 ; Saunders,, 

 p. 451 ; A. clangula, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 201 (1766) ; Natmi. xii. 

 p. 161, Taf. 316 ; (David and Oust.), Ois. Chine, p. 505 ; (Tacz.), F. 

 O. Sib. 0. p. 1171 ; Ridgway p. 105 ; (Lilford), vii. p. 115, pi. 48 ; 

 Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 253 ; C. vulgaris Fleming, Brit. An. 

 p. 120 (1828) ; Gould, B. of E. v. pi. 379 ; (Hewitson), ii. p. 435,. 

 pi. cxix. fig. 1 ; C. americana Bp. Comp. List. p. 58 (1838) ; Ridg- 

 way, p. 105. 



