b?.itish birds, 
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GOLDEN-EYE. 
{^Anas clanguJa^ Lin.— Zf Garrofy Buff.) 
The weight of this fpecies varies from twenty-fix 
ounces to two pounds. The length is nineteen 
inches, and the breadth thirty-one. The bill is 
bluilh black, fliort, thick, and elevated at the bafe : 
the head large, llightly crefted, and black, or ra- 
ther of a glolTy bottle green, with violet refle(Etions : 
a large white fpot is placed on the fpace on each 
fide between the corners of the mouth and the eyes, 
the hides of which are of a golden yellow : the 
throat, and a fmall portion of the upper part of the 
neck, are of a footy or velvet black ; the lower, to 
the flioulders, the breaft, belly, and vent, white; 
but fome of the fide feathers, and thofe which co- 
ver the thighs, are tipped with black : the fcapu- 
lars white and deep black : of the latter colour are 
