166 AECTIC GARROT, 



patch from the rictus to the sides of the forehead, lower 

 part of the neck, shoulders, tips of the outer scapulars, 

 lower row of lesser coverts, tips of the greater coverts, 

 six secondaries, and the under plumage white; space 

 round the thighs, tail, and its lateral under coverts 

 brocoUi brown. Bill blackish; legs orange; webs black. 

 The feathers of the forehead terminate on the bill in a 

 semicircular outline. The plumage of the occiput and 

 nape longer than in the common Golden Eye, and 

 forming a more decided crest; wings two inches and a 

 half shorter than the tail. 



In the female the head and adjoining part of the 

 neck are umber brown, and without any white mark; 

 dorsal plumage pitch black; its anterior parts, particu- 

 larly the shoulders and the base of the neck all round, 

 edged with ash grey; a white collar round the middle 

 of the neck. Flanks clove brown, edged with white. 

 Intermediate coverts blotched with white and black; 

 greater coverts white tipped with black; secondaries 

 as in the male. Both mandibles orange at the point, 

 their tips and posterior points black. Feet as in the 

 male. — Nuttall. 



My figure is taken from Richardson and Swainson, 

 Faun. Bor. Amer., pi. 70. The egg is one brought by 

 Mr. Procter, of Durham, from Iceland. 



The bird has also been figured by Gould, pi. 380. 



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