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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSUEM 
  

  

  back 
  toward 
  the 
  tail. 
  The 
  duck, 
  when 
  startled 
  or 
  lost, 
  calls 
  out 
  a 
  sharp 
  

   cur-r-rew. 
  

  

  Its 
  nest 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  hollow 
  tree 
  or 
  stump 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  are 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  1 
  2 
  

   in 
  number 
  of 
  a 
  pale, 
  glossy 
  greenish, 
  measuring 
  about 
  2.35 
  by 
  1.7 
  inches. 
  

   The 
  downy 
  young 
  have 
  the 
  upper 
  parts, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  band 
  across 
  the 
  breast 
  

   and 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  thighs, 
  dark 
  sooty 
  brown, 
  marked 
  with 
  several 
  white 
  

   spots; 
  chin, 
  throat, 
  and 
  cheeks 
  pure 
  white; 
  belly 
  grayish 
  white. 
  

  

  Clangula 
  islandica 
  (Gmelin) 
  

  

  Barrow 
  Golden-eye 
  

  

  Anas 
  islandica 
  Gmelin. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  1788. 
  1:541 
  

   Glaucionetta 
  islandica 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  

  

  1895. 
  No. 
  152 
  

  

  islan'dica, 
  of 
  island 
  or 
  Iceland 
  

  

  Distinctive 
  marks. 
  This 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  recognized 
  by 
  the 
  crescentic, 
  

   or 
  wedge-shaped 
  patch 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  which 
  

  

  is 
  blue 
  black, 
  glossed 
  with 
  pur- 
  

   plish 
  instead 
  of 
  greenish 
  black 
  

   Q 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  species 
  ; 
  by 
  

   the 
  lengthening 
  of 
  the 
  crest 
  

   '; 
  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  crown 
  and 
  occi- 
  

   put, 
  which 
  is 
  noticeably 
  greater 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  

   the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  bill 
  which 
  is 
  

   relatively 
  shorter 
  and 
  deeper 
  in 
  

   the 
  present 
  species. 
  The 
  white 
  

   wing 
  patch 
  is 
  also 
  divided 
  by 
  

   a 
  black 
  band 
  and 
  the 
  white 
  

   crescent 
  on 
  the 
  lores 
  comes 
  directly 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  bill. 
  

   Femiales 
  are 
  difficult 
  to 
  recognize, 
  the 
  general 
  coloration 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  species 
  

   being 
  the 
  same. 
  Islandica, 
  however, 
  has 
  the 
  white 
  wing 
  patch 
  crossed 
  

   by 
  a 
  black 
  band 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  black 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  greater 
  wing 
  coverts, 
  and 
  the 
  

   bill 
  is 
  relatively 
  shorter 
  and 
  higher 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   margin 
  of 
  the 
  nostril 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  bill 
  is 
  .66 
  inches 
  in 
  i 
  s 
  1 
  a 
  n 
  d 
  i 
  c 
  a 
  and 
  

  

  Bill 
  of 
  Barrow 
  golden-eye. 
  

   4 
  nat. 
  size 
  

  

  Bill 
  of 
  American 
  golden-eye. 
  

   i 
  nat. 
  size 
  

  

  