. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 120 GOLDEN EYE. liko jmrticleH, which aro ho roinarkikblo upon tlie back and scapulars of t\u' ninlc, arc waiitiiij; in tho fi-nmlo. In young nialoH tho head and upper part of tho nook are purplish brown, in Homo tho chcHtnut band of tho nock in obHcuru. Tli(> HtoinacliH of those HpcciinonH which I diHsectod wore filled with gravel and vegetable food. The traehea, according to tho obHcrvations of Mr. IJonapartc, )leH that of the/w%u/ri. This BpecieH is in no respect ho shy a
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 120 GOLDEN EYE. liko jmrticleH, which aro ho roinarkikblo upon tlie back and scapulars of t\u' ninlc, arc waiitiiij; in tho fi-nmlo. In young nialoH tho head and upper part of tho nook are purplish brown, in Homo tho chcHtnut band of tho nock in obHcuru. Tli(> HtoinacliH of those HpcciinonH which I diHsectod wore filled with gravel and vegetable food. The traehea, according to tho obHcrvations of Mr. IJonapartc, )leH that of the/w%u/ri. This BpecieH is in no respect ho shy and cunning as the â â 'â â aup Duck, and is moro easily shot.âG. Snciis XXIT. ANAS ClANQULA. GOLDEN EYE. [Plate LXVII. Fig. 6,] Le Garrot, Briss. vi., p. 416, 27. pi. 37, d^. 2.âllurr. p. 222.âAvct. Zool. No. 480.âLath. Sijn, iii., p. hW'y.* This Duck is well known in Europe, and in rogioiiH of tho United Stnte-s, both along the and ;iboiit the lakes and rivers of the interior. It in Hniall parties, and may easily bo known by tho vigorous whistling of its wings, as it passes through tho air. It swims and dives well; but seldom walks on shore, and then in a wad- dling awkward manner. Feeding chiefly on shell fish, sniull fry, &c., their flesh is less esteemed than that of the preceding. In the United States they are only winter visitors, leaving us again in tlic month of April, being then on their passage to the north to breed. Tiiey aro said to build, like tho Wood Duck, in hollow trees. The Golden-oye is nineteen inches long, and twenty-nine in extent, and weighs on an average about two pounds ; the bill is black, short, rising considerably up in the forehead ; the pluniuge of the beail and part of the neck is somewhat tumid, and of a dark green with violet re- flections, marked near the corner of the mouth with an oval spot of white ; the iridcs are golden yellow ; rest of the neck, breast, and whole lower parts white, ex
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