218 ORNAMENTAL WATERFOWL. 
birds, which were presented to the Zoological Society's Garden’s 
by Mr. Archibald McCall in June, 1888. The specimen in the 
British Museum, Cromwell Road, is a female; the soft grey 
plumage spotted with white, with orange bill and legs, combined 
with its unusual size, which is that of a small goose, instantly 
arresting the attention of the visitor. 
Male.— Upper body grey; breast and abdomen yellowish; 
wing-bar white; a patch beneath and above the eye whitish ; 
bill orange yellow tipped with black ; legs and feet dark yellow. 
Female.—Similar ; feet and bill black; in some speci- 
mens the feet and bill are yellow, probably a variation depending 
on age. 
Young.—Bill black ; throat and scapulars yellow brown ; 
feet yellow brown. 
Egg.—“Cream colour; large; four to five” (Cunningham), 
laid in December. 
GENUS CLANGULA. 
Three species compose this genus, distinguished by their 
small size, beautifully varied plumage, and their extraordinary 
power of diving; they are all inhabitants of the Northern 
Regions, the most rare being Clangula islandica (Barrow’s 
Golden Eye) from Iceland and Arctic America, which is not 
known in captivity. 
GOLDEN-EYE. 
(Clangula glaucion). 
This is a charming little bird, and one but rarely seen 
in collections of waterfowl. There are, however, some speci- 
