Genus Cfj-ANOULA.
G s n . C h a r . Beak sh o rte r th a nU re B eatl: its base simple, narrow, nearly stra ig h t towa rd s th e
t i p ; th e iq tp e r mancliMe f>mti%h«l with a » u ialthook. N x tr ils omd, basal- Tail widi its
.fe a th e rs aeimiinaied o r b lu n t, jio t elongated
G U L D E N E Y E .
\ ' ' Anas Clangula, U tm .
Clangula in 1 iiai.
I Ah-Gantjt,
Or all the diring Backs An <hsU«i EE. f e j i j l i till;.’, wow «Wrest in the rater, life ariueewt ¡n
plunging, united to &«, peArt f Vug nH 'U i, aaid as its 'fijlld is til' ¡„.
l at Ae'bottom of the # cp , • » a « -® slaw , ,.'.hn,.u: , . 4 those imtwem which Nature t n r n m i :
the adaptation of the m m m to A« « A
Tins interesting tint i» s wretw V i g i l ’ anu&ig cm <wr ctiisis and those-of the neighbouring contineai «
the latter end of autumn, and retiring »arfbtoeul» fie breed, as the milder weather c'-cc-Mb. re],: ,,,
Summer residence in Norway, Sweden, arid the arete- portion of the American coHtmetu : tin: female, it U
lays from ten to fourteen eggs of a pure white, on the borders ef lakes and inlets o f the sen.
The immature males of the Golden Eye, as well as the adult females, hare heed character«#»! at a distinct
species under the. name o f or A im Glmcmi,—a mistake lately rectified. But lit,on* the - wwe
males oiad females present no dissimilarity of colour, the anatomical structure o f the’trachea, which cxtubr,
the same peculiarities ia the males of every age, and which may he felt externally, is an infallible criterion.
The singularity of this organ in the present species consists of a labyrinth, very irregular in figure and almost
entirely osseous, from which the bronchial talcs p r o c e e d a short distance above this, the trii V itself
enlarges very considerably; the dilatation is o f an oval figure, capable o f Cltensioa and contraction, ai lb;. „ J
of rings placed in aa ohlkpie direction. Ia the males pi ail the Bucks the trachea presents a peculiarity of
structure, which (EReisln every species: this feature therefore affords a clue to specific distinction and r
be taken as the host test for identifying aa immature or doubtful species. The use fi ;• which Nature lu.ii
designed this peculiarity of structure has. got been dearly ascertained, hut it is most probably conm-ctori yith
the tone or modulation of tlie voice.
| | i t s mode of living5 i» thedfepreportww». thaVexists between the «exes; jr, the dark «rear, tufted head t>r
the nwie,—a colouring exchanged for i. .-■v.t in the female and jxxmgti—there *oidri vni» to Is- uwlirated
we,think, a striking analogy between the violifen Eye and the legs' typical Miergiwisci'if. Tiii- rcseiabkace is
the more apparent if we take the.Smew for <tor comparison. We then- ¡vad a .-kinor beak, .1 more minded,
contour of body, and a-let»- brilliant colour pervading the feet and tarw, than in the other* of its glm«« t to
this we may add its food, which consists more exehisivnly of molluscous animals and erivstacea. The food of
the Golden Eye is the same, for which its strong beak, tapering from a thick base, is weii construe«
The colour of its plumage also partakes of the sai.o.c character as -hn Smew, ekMbitkig a eoutiW* o! bjg.dk
and white in the male, and dark grey and white in tlie female.
The' bill of the Golden Eye is black; irides fine golden yellow; neck glossv greenish black, with the ; a . •
of a large white spot at the base of the bill; back and tail black ; ban d o f <yh*»te cros-r-; the .
the shoulders and quills black; legs dull orange *, webs darker. The female is considerably less than the n.u
and J | | the bill yeUo w towards the point; head and upper pm t of the neck rusty brown, below vrittch .,
ring o f greyish white; breast mottled with grey, upper parts dark cinereous; tail and under purr- ■ in the
The weight is nearly turn pounds, tlie length seventeen or eighteen inches.
Our Plate represents a male and female, ftnjthfnlty figured, two thirds of their m e .