ANAS CLANGULA. 
GOLDEN ETE. 
1 1 ■ I TBlIiill K^. 11 " " " " 
Generic Character. See Anas Cygnus (ferns.) 
Synonyms. 
Anas Clangula. Un, Syft, i. p. 201. 23. Ind, 
Om. 2. p. 867. 87. IV. Curtis Mfs. 
Golden Eye. Br. ZooL 2. 276. " lb, foL 154. tab. 
Addenda, Ar^, ZooL 2. 486. Mont^ 
Om, Vol, 1 . BeiJokHs Br, ^irds^ 
Ft. 2. p. 330, 
JL H I S fpecies is about nineteen inches in length, rather 
exceeding thirty in breadth, and weighs two pounds. Bill 
fhort, very thick at the bafe ; irides bright gold colour ; fea-» 
thers on the head particularly thick, giving the bird a difpro- 
portioned appearance ; legs Ihort and thick ; toes long." The 
female differs fo much in colour th^t 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 Lincolnfhire and Cambridge ; they are a local bird, and 
if unmolefted return ^nany years in fucceffion to the fame 
haunts 
