. How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped according to size and color. Ducks; Geese; Swans; Birds. 60 DtJCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NORTH AMERICA. GLAUCIONETTA ISLANDICA {Gmel.).. Barrow's Golden Eye. Male: Head and neck, dark bluish purple ; rest of iindei-parts, white; a crescent-shaped spot of white on tlie cheeks at l)ase of bill; a baud of white about two inches wide passes around the neck and joins the white of tlie sides and breast; rest of upper parts, l)hLck; wings, Idack; aud wiug coverts, heavily marked with white, and many of the second-
. How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped according to size and color. Ducks; Geese; Swans; Birds. 60 DtJCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NORTH AMERICA. GLAUCIONETTA ISLANDICA {Gmel.).. Barrow's Golden Eye. Male: Head and neck, dark bluish purple ; rest of iindei-parts, white; a crescent-shaped spot of white on tlie cheeks at l)ase of bill; a baud of white about two inches wide passes around the neck and joins the white of tlie sides and breast; rest of upper parts, l)hLck; wings, Idack; aud wiug coverts, heavily marked with white, and many of the second- aries, white; tail, black. Wing, ; bill, ; on side, 2; tail, 4; tarsus, Female : Resembles the female American Golden Kye but is somewliat larger; head, cinnamon brown ; lower throat and under parts, white, tinged with gray on the upper breast and sides of the body ; back, gray, slightly mottled with brown, shading into In-own on the rump; wings, black ; many of the secondaries, white, and the greater and lesser wing coverts, tipped with grayish white. Wing, ; bill, ; on side, 2. GlauciuDutta islandica (niak')- M'hile the male birds of this and the preceding species are quite different, the females cannot always he distinguished. The female Barrow's Golden Eye is usually larger ; and the locality where the specimen is taken should always be considered. Barrow's Golden Eye is rare on the Atlantic coast, while the American Golden Ej^e is one of the most well-known birds to New Eno-land gunners, who know it under the name of " ; It breeds from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and northern Rocky Mountsiins, northward to Green- land and Alaska; the nest is usually phiced in a hollow stump or tree. The eggs are pale grayish blue, usually from seven to ten in number, and meas- ure X Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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