FULIGULINiE. 
*®^powerful  and  quick ; and  they  are  remarkably  active  on  the  water,  swimming  and  diving  with  the  greatest  dex- 
^ J-  It  is  by  the  latter  mode  that  they  obtain  their  food,  which  consists  of  small  fry,  molluscous  animals,  shrimps, 
^•^rms,  &c.  The  nest  is  built  among  rushes,  or  sometimes  in  the  hollow  of  a tree ; and  they  lay  from  twelve  to  fourteen 
®ggs. 
6'ila'  /'  (Linn.)  Boie,  Planch,  enlumin.  802. — Anas  Clan- 
’ Clsngula  vulgaris  Flem.-,  Clangula  chrysophthalma 
hyemalis  Pall.  Zoogr.  ii.  t.  72. ; Anas  peregrina  S.  G. 
pi  ^•^a.mericana  Pr.  Bonap.  — Anas  Clangula  Wils.  Amer.  Orn. 
3.  C.  islandica  (J.  Fr.  Gmel.)  Briss.  Orn.  vi.  t.  36.  f.  1.  2 
Clangula  Barrovii  Swains,  Faun.  Bor.  Amer.  pi.  70. 
4.  C.  histrionica  (Linn.)  Steph.  PI.  enl.  798,  799- — Anas  minuta 
Linn.  Wils.  Amer.  Orn.  pi.  72.  f.  4. ; Anas  torquata  Briss. 
5.  C.  albeola  (Linn.)  Steph.  PL  enl.  948. — Anas  hucephala 
Linn.  Wils.  Amer.  Orn.  pi.  67.  f.  2.  3. ; Anas  rustica  Linn. 
Harelda  Leach.* 
much  shorter  than  the  head,  broader  than  high  at  the  base ; the  culmen  gradually  sloping  towards 
apex,  where  it  is  somewhat  depressed  ; the  sides  compressed  and  membranous,  and  gradually  con- 
. ^^btg  to  the  tip,  which  is  armed  with  a broad  nail ; the  lamellae  of  the  upper  mandible  prominent  and 
set ; and  the  nostrils  large,  oblong,  and  placed  near  the  middle.  Wings  moderate,  with  the  two 
fir 
^ 9.uills  the  longest.  Tail  wedge-shaped,  with  the  two  middle  feathers  narrowed  and  much  lengthened, 
full^*  than  half  the  length  of  the  middle  toe,  and  compressed.  Toes  lengthened,  and  united  by  a 
; the  hind  toe  short  and  strongly  lobed. 
Xh 
^int  ^ ^ native  of  all  parts  of  the  Arctic  circle,  but  migrates  to  the  more  temperate  regions  on  the  approach  of 
®Xcur  ■'  migrations  are  performed  in  vast  flocks,  and  their  flight  is  very  swift  and  low,  consisting  of  but  short 
’^onsi  f ^ tinre.  They  are  invariably  seen  on  the  sea  shore,  where  they  are  continually  diving  for  their  food,  which 
Qiat  ^1  molluscous  animals  and  Crustacea.  The  nest  is  formed  on  the  sea  shore,  of  grass  and  such  other  soft 
den  they  can  And  in  the  neighbourhood,  and  lined  with  down  plucked  from  their  own  bodies.  The  female 
from  eight  to  ten  eggs. 
Ori'  Slacialis 
(Linn.)  Leach,  PI.  enl.  1008.  999-  Wils.  Amer. 
. ; Anas  hyemalis  Linn.  ; Anas  miclonia  Bodd.; 
Anas  leucocephala  Bechst. ; Querquedula  ferroensis  Briss. ; Anas 
Sawka  Lepech  ; Anas  brachyrhynchus  Beseke. 
Hymenolaimus  G.  R.  Gray.-\ 
Rill 
_ as  long  as  the  head,  equally  compressed,  elevated  at  the  base,  with  the  culmen  for  three  fourths 
^ s length  straight,  and  then  slightly  sloping  to  the  tip ; the  sides  shelving  from  the  culmen  to  the 
ap’  of  which  the  basal  half  is  firm,  and  furnished  with  lengthened  slender  laminse ; the 
^ ^alf  of  the  margin  composed  of  a soft  flexible  skin  that  hangs  over  the  lower  mandible,  widening 
^iddl  ^ where  it  is  truncate,  and  the  nail  not  very  prominent ; the  nostrils  situated  near  the 
®^^ond '•  Wings  short,  slender,  with  the  first,  second,  and  third  quills  nearly  equal,  but  the 
p longest,  and  the  shoulder  is  armed  -with  a short  blunt  spur.  Tail  lengthened,  and  composed 
claw  with  the  end  rather  rounded.  Tarsi  nearly  as  long  as  the  middle  toe,  exclusive  of  the 
’ ^c)re  toes  strong  and  fully  webbed,  and  the  hind  toe  moderate  and  strongly  lobed. 
* 
^ Stf'phens  (S'Aaw’i  Zoo/,  xii.  11.  p.  174.)  in  1824;  M.  Kaup  proposed,  in  1 829,  Fa//orae//a  ; and,  in  1842,  Mr.  Mac- 
1 Estahr 
“Shed  in  184,3.  {Ann.  Nat.  Hist.y.yA.  370.) 
