ANAS C LAN GU LA. 



GOLDEN ETE. 



Generic Character. See Ai\2.s Cygn^i (ferus.) 

 Synonyms. 



Anas Clangula. Un, Syji, i. 201. 23. Ind, 



Orn. 2. p. 867. 87. W. Curtis Mfs. 

 Golden Eye. Br. Zool. 2. 276. lb. Jol. 154. iaK 



Addenda. Ar5i. Zool. 2. 486. Mont. 



Orn. Di^.Fol. i, Bewick's Br. Birds^ 



Pi. 2. p. 330. 



JL H I S fpecies is about nineteen inches In length, rather 

 exceeding thirty in breadth, and weighs 'two pounds. Bill 

 ftiort, very thick at the bafe ; irides bright gold colour ; fea* 

 thers on the head particularly thick, giving the bird a difpro- 

 portioned appearance ; legs fhort and thick ; toes long." The 

 female differs fo much in colour that it will form the fubjedt 

 of a future plate. 



The Golden Eye is rather a fcarce fpecies, being but 

 feldom met with except in fmall flocks of four to fix birds ; 

 they are very fhy and difficult of accefs \ they are fometimes 

 fent to the London markets with other fpecies, from the fens 

 of Lincolnlhire. and Cambridge ; they are a local bird, and 

 if unmolefted return many years in fuccelfion to the fame 



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