ARCTIC GARROT. " 1G5 



speculum separated from the band on the coverts by a black 

 stripe, (male.) The female is like the Golden Eye, but the beak, 

 as in the male also is shorter, and narrovrer towards the point. 

 Length twenty-two inches and a half; wings nine inches and a 

 balf; beak one incb. and one third; tarsus one inch and seven 

 lines; middle and outer toe each two inches and a half. — Nuttall. 



This diving Duck is closely allied to, and probably 

 a race of the Golden Eye, and was figured and des- 

 cribed in the "Faun. Bor. Amer." of Eichardson and 

 Swainson. 



It is an inhabitant of the Arctic regions of Europe 

 and America, being especially located in Iceland, on 

 the borders of Lake Maytavan. In America it appears 

 to be exclusively confined to the Kocky Mountains, for 

 ■which reason it was called by Richardson the E,ocky 

 Mountain Garrot. 



Very little has been recorded of this bird since the 

 appearance of Richardson and Swainson's work. It 

 nests on the rocks, among the herbage, and lays 

 ten or twelve eggs, which are of a clear green colour, 

 and many of which have found their way into British 

 collections for the Golden Eye, from which indeed it 

 differs very little. Great diameter two inches and two 

 fifths, smaller one inch and four fifths. 



Temminck says that the old birds migrate from 

 Iceland before the females, and the young of the lyear 

 leave a considerable time after the old birds. 



In its habits the Arctic Garrot does not differ from 

 the Golden Eye. 



The adult male has the head and two inches of the 

 neck bright pansy purple, with a greenish reflection 

 on the ears. Forehead and chin brownish black. 

 Dorsal plumage, wings, and broad tips of the long 

 flank feathers mostly velvet black. The crescent-shaped 



