SRA DTTCKS 



(151) Clangula clangula amer= 



icana (Bnnaparle). (Lat., a noise). 



GOLDEN-EYE ; WPIISTLER ; 

 CARROT. Ad. cT — Head glossy 

 green; round white spot before eye. 

 Ad. 9 — As shown by middle bird. L., 

 20.00; W., 9.00; B., 1.30. 



Range — Fireeds from Jle. and 

 Mich, northward. Winters from Me. 

 Minn, and Alaska southward. 



(152) Clangula islandica (Gmd.) 

 BARROW'S GOLDEN - EYE. 



Bill a trifle shorter and higher at 

 the base. Ad.cP — As shown by 

 flj'ing bird. Head glossed with pur- 

 ple; crescent in front of eye. 9 dis- 

 tinguished from preceding only by 

 shape of bill. 



Range — Breeds from Quebec and 

 Ore. northward. Winters south to 

 N. E., Neb. and Cal. 



GOLDEN-EYES are among the most active of all ducks. 

 In flight, the wings move so rapidly that the stiff primaries 

 make a loud whistling sound as they rush through the air, 

 on account of which they are commonly known to gunners 

 as Whistlers. This whistling may be heard on a still 

 day, long before a flock comes into \'iew. 



There are two species of Golden-eyes, the common, 

 which has a round white spot before the eye, and Barrow's 

 Golden-eye, which has a crescent-shaped spot in the same 

 place. The former also has a greenish metaUic iridescence 

 to the head, wliile the latter is glossed with purple. Bar- 

 row's Golden-eyes are less abundant and are more northern 

 in their distribution. In the United States, they nest only 

 along some of the streams in western mountains. Both 

 species nest in holes in trees or stumps, among crevices of 

 rocks or, less often, on the ground. 



They are edible or not according to the food upon which 

 they have been living. Coast birds, feeding chiefly upon 



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