CLANGV LA GLAUCION
Golden-eye.
Anas clangula e t A. glaucion, Linn, Faun. Suec., p. 43
— hyemalis, Pall. Zoog. Rosso-Asiat., tom. ii. p. 879.
Clangula chrysophthahnos, Steph. Cnnt. o f Shaw’s Own. S taL , *jj
—— — vulgaris, F la p . Hist, o f Brit. Anim.t p. 136.
-——— leucomelas, Brehm, Vdg. Dentschl., p. 397.
------------ peregrina, Brehm, ibid.. p. 9'29.
------------ glaucion, Brehm, ibid., p. 339.
Glaucion clangula, Kaup, N&turl. Syst., p. &&.
Anas (Glaucion) clangula, Sehreuck, V%-. d(M> ImsMIMh
T h i s o tm hm m « ) H&tew* # ' *
at that »eawm. 4 » i#Mt' «
frequently in sftiKk'nent *0 he
the tidal arms of th e ms, hut
quently resorts to lakes. ¡»owl*.,
with in inland sit nation» an.: ft.*«jofe*. i.-r-ix.rivv-; £&»:• <■ &&
males are more shy a«d keep <*ut a t Wm\* tkw. msttw* M afi
watch the stately ~*w m wing <*W l.»r«kes, ««*& 0-^em heads and f t#
an opera glass is very iafcere»?»t»g. Whe* «» feuding, their dtving-iK^r .*
which they descend »re truly awt'eJUwra •, awd the *B*g»ia*r attitudes assuweA by fefe- •
o f courtship cannot hot plea«* and «ata»W& *8 wfe» haw* m opportunity ** vsi
ordinary umiMfe#taiHK» of k>**e fo *fe$ mute*.»« 4a», ¡amommg' a*ut tfaa 0
the months o f s p rin g , few* o fte n bee« sei
I have attempted to d ep ic t o n e o f th e s e m tr # panctmr# ii? v fe amem;
will be seen that the head is thrown back on the lower
body, an attitude which is repeatedly assutmmi m the' mftom. '•>
were, in circles round the female.
The short thick bill o f the GoMetH?». i*a 0 m - *#>,
in its habits ; and we accordingly find rfes* ?Wi a
Pintail or the Teal. These la tte r h&dk
Golden-eye, on the other hand, vat
only to be obtained at the bottom ^
stomach, and gixaard o f a ftftaaSe, Ajftjft ;
crammed with Aotonec ta g lam # , 4ft£| f t p p f t
The Golden-eye does not brred m fftngl
in I upland, and Finmark, the nursery wife se*
course in many other northern countries; mv «
that very few of the other members o f the fes&ife t
in ‘ The Birds o f India,’ it inhabits all tW -"*>
equally numerous throughout the northern *^5 • tlftfe**! "iv • eoaatries »Ttfcw«
the arctic circle from which it is absent.
Mr. Dann informed Yarrell that the -.y/M--:' ft*.- af Lapland» nafu
the wooded districts extend, both to the went*
well as the eastern parts. It breeds in aa0tt-
northwards, and on the Dovre Fjeld mount»»**
falls and rapids. The Lapps and settler* p b « %*#&■ «> nr =|# trees on the hunk» *3
rivers and lakes, in which the Golden-ey* 1m
they gain nothing by experience, hut sewn i& .
are to be found, artificial or natural, they s
have been many speculations 'artd opinion*. •
the holes o f the trees wherein they are hntsrheii, und »’bW:-
and at some distance from the water. That die bird ifew*
whom I frequently interrogated, were ignorant of it, beyowd