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daries and continues on the inner primaries. Adult 

 male with the forehead, crown, throat, and upper 

 part of the fore neck brownish-black ; sides of the 

 head, neck, and hind neck, dark green ; lower portion 

 of the neck all round, with the upper part of the 

 breast, purplish-black ; rest of the lower parts white, 

 undulated with black towards the vent ; imder tail- 

 coverts blackish-brown ; tail short, dark brown, mar- 

 gined and tipped with lighter brown ; upper tail- 

 coverts and rump blackish-brown ; middle of the back 

 undulated with black and white ; fore part black ; 

 wings brown, darker at the base and tips ; speculum 

 white, formed by the band crossing the secondaries 

 and inner primaries ; scapulars and inner secondaries 

 undulated with black and white ; secondary coverts 

 blackish-brown, undulated with white. Female with 

 a broad patch of white on the forehead ; head, neck, 

 and fore part of the breast umber brown ; upper parts 

 blackish-brown ; abdomen and lower portions of 

 breast white ; scapulars faintly marked with white. 



Whistlbb. 



Grolden Eye, Great Head. 



FvMgula Clangula, Linn. 



Specific Character.— Bill black, high at the base, 

 where there is quite a large spot of white ; head orna- 

 mented with a beautiful crest, and feathers more 

 than an inch long and loose ; insides yellow ; the 

 entire head and upper part of the neck rich glossy- 

 green, with purple reflections, more particularly so 

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