GOLDEN-EYE GARROT. 153 
is common, and is well known to American orni- 
thologists. 
The adult male has the head and upper part 
of the neck rich glossy green, the feathers of a 
loose texture and capable of being much raised at 
will, on the chin nearly black ; but a conspicuous 
mark is an oval spot behind the base of the maxilla 
of pure white, which can be seen in flight even at a 
great distance. The lower parts of the neck, breast, 
belly and vent are pure white, the long flank fea- 
thers having the outer part of their inner webs black ; 
the back and mantle, part of the scapulars, and long 
tertials, black ; the outer scapulars white, havingtheir 
exterior webs margined with black ; the intermediate 
wing covers, and last secondaries pure white ; the 
quills and tail blackish brown; legs and feet orange. 
In the female the head and neck are umber-brown, 
the breast grey, and remaining under parts pure 
white ; the upper parts are brownish black, the fea- 
thers edged with grey, and the conspicuous markings 
of white on the wings of the male are here much inter- 
mixed with brown or greyish brown. The young 
males are of a larger size, but in other respects nearly 
resemble the colouring of the females ; the crown of 
the head, as they advance, gets darker, the white 
patch can bo traced, and the proportion of w hite on 
the wings and scapulars is greater, the tint more 
pure. 
We may remark, that Audubon considers the 
Clangula Barromi of Rich, and Swain, only a va- 
riety of this bird, but a close comparison points out 
