DESCRIPTIVE LIST 77 



On November 1, 1911, two females of this species were found among the fowl 

 killed that day on Lake Ellis. They were identified by H. H. Brimley, after having 

 been passed over by the other gunners as Little Blackheads. There is little doubt 

 that this bird is much more frequently killed in North Carolina than is generally 

 supposed. 



The black bill, with lead-colored cross bar, will always distinguish it when freshly 

 killed from the Lesser Scaup, with its lead-colored bill and black tail. The gray 

 speculum of the Ring-necked Duck, as opposed to the white of the Blackhead, is 

 another point of distinction. 



Genus Clangula (Oken) 



KEY TO SPECIES 



This genus is represented in North America by two species, both of which have 

 been attributed to our State, one probably erroneously. 



1. Male with a round or oval spot of white on lower part of lores; female with brown of neck 

 reaching only to upper part of neck, and not as far in front as elsewhere. Golden-eye. 



1. Male with a large vertical wedge-shaped patch of white across lores: female with brown of 

 neck descending to middle of neck all around. Barrow's Golden-eye. 



FIG. 47. GOLDEN-EYE (adult male). 



57. Clangula clangula americana (Bonap.}. GOLDEN-EYE. 



Ad. <?. Head and throat dark, glossy green, a circular white patch at base of bill measuring, 

 along bill, less than half an inch in height; neck all around, breast, belly, exposed part of wing- 

 coverts, speculum, and most of the scapulars white; rest of plumage black. Ad. 9 . Head 

 and throat cinnamon-brown, foreneck white; upper breast, back, and sides ashy gray bordered 

 with grayish; wing-coverts tipped with white; speculum, lower breast and belly white. L., 

 20.00; W., 9.00; B. from anterior margin of white patch to anterior margin of nostril, 1.00; 

 from anterior margin of nostril to tip, .75. (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.} 



Range. North America, breeding mainly north of the United States, wintering from Maine 

 to Mexico. 



Range in North Carolina. -Coastal region; also occasional in the interior. 



