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ANATIN^. 



" Female. — Length, 16'9 to I7'5j expanse 27 to 28, tail from vent2'8 

 to 3' 7, wing 79 to 8"1, wings when closed reacli to within from 05 to 

 1 of end of tail, bill at front 0'6 to 0'76, tarsus 1"4 to 1'5, weight 1 

 lb. to 1 lb. 3 o%."~(Str. F. i. p. 562). 



Hab. — Sind, Beloochistan, Persia, S. Afghanistan, Lower Punjab, N. 

 W. Provinces, Oudh and Bengal; extremely abundant after October; 

 much sought for the table. Feeds chiefly on leaves, roots, fresh water 

 molluscs, &c. 



Clangula glaucion. The Golden Eye. 



Clangula glaucion, £mi.; P. E. S02; Gould. B. Bur. pL 379j 

 Murray, Edhlc, ZooL, Sfc, Sind, -p. 238; Hume, Game Birds, iii. p. 

 285. — The Golden Eye or Gaeeot. 



" Male. — The bill is black ; the iris yellow ; the feet orange yellow 

 with the webs dusky; the claws brownish black; the head and upper 

 part of the neck are glossy deep green when seen in a light reflected 

 at a small angle, but otherwise purple ; the throat brownish black; 

 between the lateral basal sinus of the upper mandible and the cheek is 

 an ovate patch of white, ton-twelfths across in its greatest diameter ; 

 the lower neck all round, the breast, fore part of the abdomen, 

 sides, and lower tail-coverts white ; but the axillary feathers and lower 

 wing-coverts are blackish brown, and the edges of the posterior elong- 

 ated feathers on the sides black ; the back and the inner and posterior 

 scapulars are black ; the outer scapulars white with the margins black ; 

 the tail is deep brown, tinged with grey ; the sides of the rump aud 

 tibiae dusky grey, and thefeatliers on the hind part of the abdomen dusky 

 at the base ; the wing may be described as brownish black, with a large 

 patch of white, which includes many of the small coverts, several of the 

 secondary coverts, and eight of the secondary quills ; these white 

 secondary coverts have their basal half black, but that colour is not 

 apparent when the feathers are laid. 



"Length. — To end of tail 19 inches, extent of wings 32, wing from 

 flexure 9, tail 4, bill along the edge 1*42, tarsus 1-42. 



" Female. — The female is much smaller, and has the bill less stout; the 

 feathers of the head less elongated, and less glossy, as are the scapulars 

 and the feathers of the sides ; the bill is light brown, yellowish on the 

 ridge towards the end, with the upper unguis dusky ; the lower yellowish 



