AMERICAN GOLDEN-EYE.
151. Clangula clangula americana. 20 inches.
These are handsome ducks, known as “Whistlers,” from the noise of their wings when flying, and also “Great-heads,” because of the puffy crest. The head is greenish black with a large round white spot in front of and a little below the eye. The rest of the plumage is black and white.
Nest.—Built in the hollows of trees near the water, lining the cavity with fine grasses, moss or leaves and then lining the nest with feathers, in which they place from 6 to 10 eggs of a grayish color (2.30 × 1.70).
Range.—North America, breeding from Alaska south to the most northern of United States. Winters to southern California and the Gulf Coast.
BARROW GOLDEN-EYE.
152. Clangula islandica. 20 inches.
Head of this species a bluish black, with a crescent white spot between the bill and eye; which is yellow as also is the preceding.
Nest.—The range and nesting habits are the same as above, possibly breeding a little farther south on the Pacific coast.
