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so bravely it dies, without a thought of glory or 
without a chance of fame, for of its kind there are 
no cowards. One day I heard a low noise in the 
woods which surprised me; I thought it must be the 
whine of a dog that was very eager for some animal 
it could not get at; I even guessed it might be a 
wolf. After a careful stalk I came upon a family of 
Hawk Owls, one of which dropped a mouse as I 
fired. It was in the day-time; they were very little 
alarmed and I could have shot them all. I am told 
that they breed in ‘tyllyns.’ ‘Tyllyns’ are the nest- 
boxes set up by the Lapps and other inhabitants of 
the far north for the accommodation of the Golden- 
eyed Duck, or rather for their own, and it is a case 
of ‘Sic vos non vobis.’ ”* 
The nest is said to be made of sticks, grass and 
feathers. | . 
The following description is taken from Yarrell :— 
“ The beak is white ; the irides straw-yellow; facial 
disk dull white, bounded on the sides by a semi- 
lunar dark purplish brown patch extending from the 
ears downwards; the head, back of the neck and 
upper part of the shoulders, mottled with dusky 
black and dull white; back and wings dark umber- 
brown; lower part of the back barred with dull 
white; tertials elongated, loose and downy in tex- 
ture, covering great part of the wing and barred 
* As to the nests set up for the Goldeneye, see p. 512. 
