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TJ. S P. R. E. EXP AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
BUCEPHALA AMERICANA, Baird. 
Golden Eye; Whistle Wing. 
Anas clangula, Forster, Philos. Trans. LXII, 1772,365.— Wilson, Am. Orn. VIII, 1814,62; pi. lxvii.— Doughty’s 
Cab. N. H. I, 1830, 110; pi. x. Not of Linnaeus. 
Fuligula ( Clangula ) clangula, Box. Syn. 1828, 393.—Nutt. Man. II, 441. 
Fuligula dangula, Aud. Orn. Biog. IV, 1838, 318; pi. 342.— Ib. Birds Amer. VI, 1843, 362; pi. 406. 
Clangula vulgaris, Svv. E. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 456. Not of Fleming. 
Clangula americana, Bonap. Comp. List, 1838.— Eyton, Mon. Anat. 1838, 167. 
Sp. Ch. —Bill black. Head and upper part of neck glossy green; the under surface opaque velvety purplish black. An 
elliptical patch along the base of upper mandible anterior to the eye, lower part of neck, under parts generally, and sides, middle 
aud greater wing coverts, the innermost secondaries (and tertials, except the innermost three or four) white. The white on the 
wing is in a continuous patch, although there is a concealed black bar on the bases of the greater coverts. The inner scapulars 
are white, margined externally with black, posteriorly, however, they are black, streaked centrally with white. The inner 
scapulars and tertials, and the whole back, rump, and lesser wing coverts are black; the primaries and tail black, with a hoary 
gloss. The under side of quills and lower greater coverts are plumbeous gray ; the rest of the under wing and the axillars are 
sooty brown. The long white feathers of the flanks are edged superiorly with black. 
Female with the head and neck above snulf brown, without white patch. White of wing less extended ; the middle coverts 
only touched with white. There is a tendency to a black bar across the tips of the greater coverts. The white of the wing 
sometimes well defined. 
Length, 18.75; wing, 8.50; tarsus 1.50; commissure, 2. 
Uab. —Whole of North America. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Grig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
224 
1748 
288 
6898 
6899 
9798 
9799 
4517 
9803 
9802 
9800 
3 
3 
9 
3 
9 
Dec. 12, 1840 
Nov. 15, 1844 
Feb. 1, 1841 
19.00 
31.75 
9.00 
Nelson river, H. B. T. 
Dec., 1854 ... 
Iris yellow... 
Dr. Heermann. 
Dr. Suckley .. 
.do. 
20.50 
29.50 
9.50 
9 
3 
Feb. 15,1854 
April 1,1854 
35 
23.00 
29.00 
9.75 
BUCEPHALA ISLANDICA, Baird. 
Barrow’s Golden Eye. 
Anas islandica, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 541. 
Clangula islandica, Bonap. List Birds Europe, 1842. 
Clangula barrowii, Svv. F. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 456; pi. lxx.— Svvainson, Aniin. in Men. 1833, 271.— Bon. List, 1838.— 
Eyton, Mon. Anat. 1838, 165. 
Fuligula ( Clangula ) barrowii, Nuttall, Man. II, 444. 
Clangula scapularis, Brehm & Mehlis, Brehm Vogel Deutschl. July, 1831, 931. 
Fuligula clangula, var. Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 105; pi. 403— Ib. Birds Amer. VI, 1843. 
Sp. Ch. —Head and neck all round bluish violet, occasionally with green or purplish reflection; a large white patch ante¬ 
rior to the eye, occupying the entire side of the bill, and running up in a point on the forehead. Lower neck and under parts 
generally white; a narrow white patch on the middle wing coverts. The greater coverts black, tipped with white, which is 
