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As to its breeding in Scotland, see Long, Proc. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg., 1880, p. 53; Harvie- 

 Brown, Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin., 1895, p. 144; 

 and Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1896. It is said to be 

 increasing as a breeding species in the Solway 

 district (R. Service, A7in. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1897). 

 In Ireland, according to Mr. Ussher, the Tufted 

 Duck is now resident in limited numbers, and is 

 extending its breeding range. It is common on 

 loughs in the North of Ireland, where many are 

 shot in winter and sent to the market in Belfast. 



Weight, 1 lb. 10 oz. to 1 lb. 14 oz. 



\^ GOLDEN-EYE. Clangula glaucion (Linnaeus). PI. 30, 

 figs. 7, 8. Length, 18 in.; bill, 1-4 in.; wing, 8-9 

 in. ; tarsus, 1*4 in. 



A winter visitant to all parts of the British 

 Islands. Adult females and young of both sexes 

 are then commonly met with, but adult males more 

 rarely. The common Wild Duck will frequently 

 nest at some height from the ground, a favourite 

 site being the head of a pollard ash or willow : 

 the Golden-eye will discover a hole in the trunk, 

 and will lay its eggs inside on the rotten wood, 

 without any nest, after the fashion of a wood- 

 pecker. [A nest of this duck, with young birds, 

 was reported to have been found by a shepherd in 

 the hollow of an old larch tree on Loch Assynt, 

 Sutherlandshire (More, Ibis, 1865, p. 447.)] In 

 the summer of 1895 a pair of Golden - eyes 

 bred in a plantation on the margin of Fewston 



