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GOLDEN EYE. 



GOLDEN ETE DUCK. GOLDEN ETE GARROT. COMMON GOLDEN EYE. 

 RATTLE-WINGS. MORILLON, (THE YOUNG?) 



Clangida vulgaris, .... Leach. 



Anas clangida, ..... Lentous. 



Canard garrot, ..... Teihhnck. 



Clangvla. Clango — To sound as a trumpet. Vulgaris — Common. 



This handsome Duck is a winter visitor to our shores, and seems to be pretty generally 

 distributed round the coasts of England, Ireland, and Scotland. It is by no means rare, 

 at least in the young male and adult female state; but the adult males are much less 

 frequently procured. 



On the Continent, the Golden Eye is generally distributed in the winter, and breeds 

 in all the northern countries. It is also common in Northern America and Asia. 



As a bird for the table the Golden Eye is not generally much esteemed; we think, 

 however, that after feeding for some time inland, they are by no means to be despised: 

 the improvement probably arises from their taking a larger proportion of vegetable 

 food, than when feeding on the coast. 



The note is very loud and sonorous, from which it derives its generic name. 



The Golden Eye frequents estuaries of rivers, and often ascends rivers to some little 

 distance from the sea. They will even at times be found on entirely inland waters, in 

 which case, as above observed, they are much improved in flavour. They dive with 

 remarkable quickness and strength. They occasionally assemble in flocks of one hundred 

 or more; but are more commonly found in small parties of from five to twenty or thirty. 

 If only slightly wounded, the Golden Eye is very difficult to obtain, so great are its 

 diving powers. Should a small flock of these birds be observed within shot of the 

 shore, the most successful plan is, when they dive, which they do altogether, to run 

 towards the nearest point of approach; when they rise to the surface, instantly crouch 

 down; when they dive, again run, and so on till you are within shot when they rise; 

 you must then make the most of your time, for they will often dive from the flash 



