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common above Beverley in most seasons ; several flocks were 

 observed in the Humber in January and February 1895, 

 and in the spell of Arctic weather in February 1897 no fewer 

 than six adult males were procured ; it is also occasionally 

 seen on Hornsea Mere. 



The Golden-eye is enumerated amongst the birds taken 

 at Doncaster Decoy ; it has occurred frequently on the 

 Derwent near Thicket Priory, and an adult male in the York 

 Museum was taken at Newton-on-Derwent in February igoo ; 

 it has been observed on the Yore near Masham in hard winters ; 

 it occurs annually, but in limited numbers, on Hiendley Reser- 

 voir (where, according to W. Talbot, it was abundant in 1876), 

 on Malham Tarn, Fewston Reservoir, and other sheets of 

 fresh water ; and has been noted from most places where 

 the inland waters are sufficiently quiet for it to remain in 

 security. 



On Fewston Reservoir, in January 1884, Mr. W. Eagle 

 Clarke noted a small party consisting of several adult birds, 

 and Mr. W. Storey reported that a pair bred on Swinsty 

 Reservoir, in 1891, one of the young being captured, and 

 the old drake afterwards secured and placed in the collection 

 of the Leeds Naturalists' Club [Zool. 1895, p. 449). 



BUFFEL-HEADED DUCK. 

 Clangula albeola (Z.). 



Accidental visitant from Northern America, of extremely rare 

 occurrence. 



This duck is a native of North America, and a rare 

 accidental straggler to this country in winter. 



The only Yorkshire record is of an adult male in very fine 

 plumage, shot in the winter of 1864-65 by Richard Morris, 

 on the Bessingby Beck, near Bridlington, and preserved by 



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