47 6 GOLDEN-EYE. 



observed but on a near inspection ; rump and vent, also black ; 

 wings, ashy brown ; secondaries, pale ash or blnish white ; 

 tertials, black, reflecting green ; lower part of the breast and 

 whole belly, white ; flanks crossed with fine zigzag lines of 

 dusky ; tail, short, rounded, and of a dull brownish black ; 

 legs and feet, greenish ash ; webs, black ; irides, rich orange ; 

 stomach filled with gravel and some vegetable food. 



In young birds, the head and upper part of the neck are 

 purplish brown ; in some, the chestnut ring on the fore part 

 of the middle of the neck is obscure, in others very rich and 

 glossy, and, in one or two specimens which I have seen, it is 

 altogether wanting. The back is in some instances destitute 

 of the fine powdered particles of white, while in others these 

 markings are large and thickly interspersed. 



The specimen from which the drawing was taken was shot 

 on the Delaware on the 10th of March, and presented to me 

 by Dr S. B. Smith of this city. On dissection, it proved to 

 be a male, and was exceeding fat and tender. Almost every 

 specimen I have since met with has been in nearly the same 

 state ; so that I cannot avoid thinking this species equal to 

 most others for the table, and greatly superior to many. 



GOLDEN-EYE. (Anas clangula) 



PLATE LXVII.— Fig. 6, Male. 



Le Garrot, Briss. vi. p. 416, pi. 37, fig. 2.— Buff. ix. p. 222.— A ret. Zool. No. 486.— 

 Lath. Syn. iii. p. 535. 



CLANGULA VULGARLS.— Fleming.* 



Clangula vulgaris, Flem. Br. Anim. p. 120. — North. Zool. ii. p. 454.— Fuligula 

 clangula, Bonap. Synop. p. 393. — Subgen. Clangula. 



This duck is well known in Europe, and in various regions 

 of the United States, both along the sea-coast and about the 



* The golden-eye is found on both continents, and in the northern 

 parts of Europe during winter is one of the most common migratory 

 ducks. The garrots are distinguished by a short, stout, and compact 

 body ; the neck short, the head large, and apparently more so from its 



