. Birds of New York. Birds. 2IO NEW YORK STATE MUSUEM back toward the tail. The duck, when startled or lost, calls out a sharp cur-r-rcw. Its nest is placed in a hollow tree or stump and the eggs are from 5 to 12 in nuinber of a pale, glossy greenish, measuring about by inches. The downy young have the upper parts, as well as a band across the breast and the sides and thighs, dark sooty brown, marked with several white spots; chin, throat, and cheeks pure white; belly grayish white. Clangula islandica (Gmelin) Barrow Goldcn-eyc Anas islandica Gmelin. Syst. Nat. 1788. i: 541 G 1 a u c
. Birds of New York. Birds. 2IO NEW YORK STATE MUSUEM back toward the tail. The duck, when startled or lost, calls out a sharp cur-r-rcw. Its nest is placed in a hollow tree or stump and the eggs are from 5 to 12 in nuinber of a pale, glossy greenish, measuring about by inches. The downy young have the upper parts, as well as a band across the breast and the sides and thighs, dark sooty brown, marked with several white spots; chin, throat, and cheeks pure white; belly grayish white. Clangula islandica (Gmelin) Barrow Goldcn-eyc Anas islandica Gmelin. Syst. Nat. 1788. i: 541 G 1 a u c i o n c t t a i s 1 a n d i c a" A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 152 islan'Jica, of island or Iceland Distinctive marks. This species may be recognized by the crcsccntic, or wedge-shaped patch in front of the eye; by the color of the head, which is blue black, glossed with pur- plish instead of greenish black as in the preceding species; by the lengthening of the crest feathers on the crown and occi- put, which is noticeably greater than in the preceding; and by the shape of the hill which is relatively shorter and deeper in the present species. The white wing patch is also divided by a black band and the white crescent on the lores comes directly in contact with the base of the bill. Females are difficult to recognize, the general coloration of the two species being the same. Islandica, however, has the white wing patch crossed by a black band formed by the black tips of the greater wing coverts, and the bill is relatively shorter and higher at the base; the distance from the anterior margin of the nostril to the tip of the bill is .66 inches in i s 1 a n d i c a and. Bill of Barrow golden-eye, \ nat. size- Bill of American golden-eye. -J nat. size. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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