CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 161 



GOLDEN EYE.— (Immature.) 



Case 202. 



The immature males of this species are observed, 

 during their first winter, in the plumage of the speci- 

 mens in the case. 



It is not often that the Golden Eye is seen on laud ; 

 the two birds in the case, however, were shot as they 

 rose from the bank of one of the islands on Hickling 

 Broad, in January, 1873. 



WHITE WING TEEN. 



Case 203. 



The present species is but an accidental visitor to our 

 shores, those previously obtained having been for the 

 most part met with during spring and summer, in the 

 eastern counties. 



No recorded instance of the immature bird occurrinof 

 in this country has come under my observation, though 

 I happened to see a fine specimen which was shot on 

 Horsey Mere, in a private collection in that neighbour- 

 hood. 



At the time the birds in the case were killed, I had 

 but little opportunity for observing their habits. I first 

 caught sight of them w^liile fishing in the channels on 

 Breydon flats, before it was fairly light, during a heavy 

 storm. After following them some time they all settled 

 on a mudbank, appearing to be attracted by a pair or 

 two of fine old Grey Plovers which were resting there, 

 and, happening to alight at the moment I came within 

 gunshot, the whole v/ere obtained at one discharge. 



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