168 BIRDS OF ILLINOIS. 



abundant species, arriving there in company with other migja- 

 tory ducks. Pie met with it in the fall and spring on the Del- 

 aware and in Chesapeake Bay, as well as at Egg Harbor and 

 on Long Island. In the interior it is said to be much more 

 common. Its food weems to consist of small shell and other 

 fish, which it procures by diving. In the fall its flesh is said to 

 be about equal or even superior to that of the Scaup Duck. 

 It is very shy, and is deco^'ed with great difficulty. In stormy 

 weather it often takes shelter in the coves with the Scaup Du^k, 

 and there it may be more readily killed. It usually flies very 

 high, and the whistling sound produced by the action of its 

 wings is the only noise that it ma\es as it proceeds. 



"Audubon found the Golden-eye abundant in South Carolina 

 during the winter, where at times it frequented the preserves of 

 the rice-planters. He also met with it at that season on the 

 water-courses of Florida. In the Ohio River he found it prefer- 

 ring the eddies and rapids, and there it was in the habit of 

 diving for its food. Naturallj^ the Golden-eye is chiefly seen in 

 company with the Buflle-head, the Merganser, and other species 

 that are expert divers like itself. When wounded, unless badly 

 hurt, its power of diving and of remaining under water is so 

 remarkable that it cannot be taken." ( Wate?' Birds of Xortli 

 America. ) 



Glaucionetta islandica (Gmel.) 



BAEKOW'S GOLDEN-EYE. 



Popular synonyms. Kocky Mountain Golden-eye; Rocky Mountain Garrot. 

 Anas islandlca Gmel. S. N. i, pt- ii, 1788, 541. 

 Bucephala islandica Baied, B.N.Am. 1858,790; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, No. 591.— CouES, 



Key. 1872. 290; Check List, 1873. No. 506; Birds N. W. 1874, 577. 

 Clangula islandica Bonap. Cat, Met. Dec. Eur. 1842, 74.— Ridqw. Nom. N. Am. B. 18S1, 

 No. 619.— CouKS, Check List. 2d ed. 1882. No. 72t3.-B. B. & R. Water B. N. Am. ii. 

 1884. 41. 

 Glaucionetta islandica Stejn. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii, 1885. 40J.— A. 0. U. Check List, 

 1886. No. 152.— RiDGW. Man. N. Am. B. 1887. 105. 

 Clangula harrovii Sw. & Rich. F. B.-A. ii. 1831. 456 pi. 70 (male). 



Fuligula harroini Nutt. Man. ii. 1831. 444. 

 Clangula scapularis Brkhm. Vog. Dcutschl. 1831, 932. 



Fuligula clangula, var. Aud. Orn. Biog. v, 1839, 105, pi. 403; Synop. 1839, 292 (part); B. Am, 

 vji, 1843, 3(;2 (part; describes the species as supposed summer plumage of B. clatigula), 

 Hab. Northern North America, south in winter to New York, IlHnois, Utah, etc.; 

 breeding in high north, and south in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado. Greenland; Ice- 

 land; accidental in Europe. 



