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PLATE CCLXVI. 



GOLDEN EYE. 



CLANGULA VULGARIS. 



The Golden Eye is a winter visitant in Great Britain, and 

 more or less numerous according to the severity or mildness 

 of our winter. Its geographical distribution extends over 

 European and Asiatic Russia, Sweden, and Norway ; but it is 

 not found in Iceland and Greenland. On the approach of 

 winter this species comes southward to the Baltic, Holland, 

 Great Britain, and France in considerable numbers, and 

 extends in small parties over the Continent, being found in 

 Hungary, Italy, and the south of France, &c. This species 

 differs from most other northern ducks in this particular, 

 that several pairs remain throughout the year in parts of 

 central Europe, such as Switzerland, Silesia, Saxony, Prussia, 

 and Denmark. In Asia it reaches as far eastward as Japan 

 and Tartary. 



The migration in the autumn rarely commences before the 

 beginning of November, and the return in the spring takes 

 place in March or April. 



The locality frequented by the Golden Eye is either salt 

 or fresh water ; although- the chief numbers pass most of 

 their time on and about the sea-coast, many are known to 



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