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nearly all back again. Those that have been almost 

 exterminated would increase their numbers, if let 

 alone ; and those which have been killed off com- 

 pletely would be replaced by others of the same 

 species from those countries whence at rare intervals 

 they do occasionally arrive, without being allowed 

 to remain here. Legitimate sport does not exter- 

 minate fowl. If such shy birds as the Tuft and 

 Gadwall can be got to stay and breed, other fowl 

 would do the same in other localities ; but at present 

 Norfolk and Suffolk are rare instances of what 

 protection will do for those birds which are else- 

 where so scarce. 



That black-and-white visitor to our shores, the 

 Golden-Eye, has had many names given to it, differ- 

 ing according to the various states of plumage in 

 which it happens to have been procured. Magpie 

 Diver is the name for the bird when in full plumage, 

 and it is also called Whistler, Golden-eyed Duck, 

 Golden-Eye, Pied Wigeon, Gowdy Duck, Morillon, 

 and Rattle-Wings, the last name having been be- 

 stowed on the birds because when in flight their 

 small, sharp-pointed, stiff wings cut the air with a 

 very peculiar whistling sound. Morillon, or, as is 

 sometimes said, Morillons, is the name now given to 

 young birds which were at one time considered to 

 belong to a different species. 



The Golden-Eyes are very active in all their 

 movements on the water ; they swim very rapidly, and 

 will dive at the flash of the gun, escaping the shot 

 sometimes, although by no means invariably. On 



