Index 
Ferruginous Duck {continued) — 
Local names, i. 30 
Measurements, i. 31, 32 
Migration, i. 40 
Migration range, i. 34 
Moulting, i. 32 
Nest, i. 39, 40 
Nesting habits, i, 32, 39, 40 
Parasites, i. 40 • 
Plumage : 
Adult female, i. 32 
Adult male, i. 31 
Eclipse, i. 31 
Immature female, i. 31, 41 
Nestling in down, i. 30 
Young male, i. 31, 41 
Shooting, i. 35, 36, 40 
Swimming, i. 37 
Walking, i. 37 
Windpipe of male, i. 33 j 
Young : life of the brood, i. 40 
Food supply and a law among birds, ii. iii 
Francklyn, G. E., on the whistling noise of the Velvet-Scoter, 
ii. 81 
Gatke, account of Common Scoter feeding on horse-beans, 
ii. 60 
Golden-Eye, Clangula clangula (Linnseus), i. 81 et seqq. 
American form, i. 81, 86, 94; ii. 89 
Breeding birds become very tame, i. 93, 94 
Breeding range, i. 84, 86 
Call, i. 92 
Capture, Continental methods of, i. 97 
Comparative rarity of old males, except on some Scottish 
estuaries, i. 87 
Control over wings on coming to surface of water, 
i. 92 
Courtship, i. 92, 93 
Female show in, i. 93 
Remarkable attitude adopted by male after pairing, 
i- 93 
Descent of young from nest at high elevation, i. 94, 95 
Destructive of fish, i. 97 
Diet, i. 91, 96 
Distinguishing features : easy to recognise, i. 90 
Diving, i. i, 89, 90, 91 
Down in nest, i. 81, 96 
Eggs, i. 81, 94 
Enemies of, i. 84 
Eyesight of, i. 92 
Sharp eyed, i. 89, 90 
Favourite resorts of, i. 88 
Feeding, i. 91 
Flesh, i. 96 
Flight, i. 89, 91 
Noise of wings in, i. 89, 90, 91 
Habitat, i, 88, 89, 90 
Golden-Eye {continued) — 
Habits, i. 86 et seqq., 96 
Quick to take alarm, i. 27, 89, 90, 92, 97 
Rarely seen on land, i. 90 
Shy, i. 89 
Suspicious, i. 27, 88 
Unsociable, i. 89 
Hardy in severest winter, i. 88 
Hybrids, i. 97 
In confinement, i. 90, 91 
Incubation, i. 81, 94, 96 
Intelligence of, in appreciating protection, i. 92 
Local distribution of ducks of different ages, i. 87 ; ii. 71 
Local names, i. 81, 94 
Measurements, i. 83, 84, 99 
Migration, i. 87, 89, 92 
Migration range, i. 86 
Nest, i. 94 
Nesting places, i. 93, 94 
Norway, nests plundered for eggs in, i, 94 
Parasites, i. 96 
Plumage : 
Adult female, i. 84 
Adult male, i. 83, 90 
Winter plumage, i. 83 
Immature female, i. 83 ' 
Young in down, i. 81 
Young male, i. 82 
Eclipse, i. 82, 83 
Winter plumage, i. 83 
Preening the breast feathers, i. 90 
Scent, i. 92 
Shooting, i. 89, 96; ii. 132 
American method, i. 97 
Winged or wounded birds, i. 96, 97 
Swimming, i. 90 
Weight, i. 83 i 
Young life, i. 96 
Golden-Eye, Barrow's, Clangula islandica (Gmelin), i. 98 
et seqq. 
Bill, colour and marking of, i. 99, 100 
Breeding range, i. loi, 102 
Courtship, i. 104 
Distinguished from Common Golden-Eye, i. 99, 100, 
1 01, 103 
Distribution, i. loi, 102 
Diving, i. 103 
Down in nest, i. 125 
Eggs, i. 98, 102, 104 
Enemies of, i. 104, 105 
Feeding, i. 103 
Flight, i. 103 
Habits, i. 102-104 
Incubation, i. 98 
Local names, i. 98 
Measurements, i. 99 
Migration range, i. 102 
