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Field, March 10, 1877.) It is very common on the 

 lakes at Crichel and Morclen Park. At Weymouth 

 and Poole it is known as the "Blue-Bill" and "Blue- 

 billed Curre." 



GOLDEN-EYE. Claw/ula glaucion, (L.) 



Yarrell, iv. p. 435; Ilarting, p. 66; Dresser, vi. p. 595; Ihis 

 List, p. 131 ; Fuligula clangula, Seehohm, iii, p. 590; Anas 

 clangula, Pultenerjs List, p. 20. 



This handsome Duck is an annual visitor in winter, 

 at which season it may be found generally distributed 

 about our coasts in small flocks, occasionally coming 

 inland. The adult males in full plumage are less 

 frequently shot than immature males and females, 

 owing to their extreme wariness, for they usually 

 keep on the off-side of the rivers, while the rest will 

 pass less cautiously. Golden-Eyes are not unfre- 

 quently seen in winter on the lakes at Crichel and 

 Morden Park, and about Littlesea and Abbotsbuiy, 

 but more frequently off the open coast. A small flock 

 appeared on Weymouth Backwater, December 9, 1 87 i 

 (W. Thompson). Several w^ere killed in January 

 and February 1879 about Poole and Wareham, and 

 in Kimmeridge Bay. 



LONG-TAILED DUCK. Harelda gladalis, (L.) 



Yarrell, iv. p. 446; Harting, p. 66; Dresser, vi. p. 617; Ihis 

 List, p. 133; Fuligula glacialis, Seebolim, iii. p. 598; Anas 

 glacialis, PuJteney's List, p. 20. 



The Long-tailed Duck arrives annually on our 

 coast as a winter visitant. It is a hardy bird, and 



