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GENUS NYEOCA. 



WHITE-EYED DUCK. 



Nykoca ferkuginea (J. F. Gmelin). 



Byerley (" Fauna of Liverpool," 1856) states that a 

 specimen of this rare Duck was killed at Weston, which 

 is on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, near Runcorn, in 

 January 1854. 



GENUS CLANGULA. 



GOLDENEYE. 



Clangula glaucion (Linnaeus). 



Local Name — Mussel-cracher. 



A winter visitor, occurring regularly, and in hard 

 weather frequenting the baj's and estuaries of the coast 

 in considerable numbers, as well as many of the inland 

 pools and tarns. On Esthwaite water Mr. Pw J, 

 Howard sa^'s it is occasionally seen in small flocks, 

 and- Mr. W. A. Durnford {ZooL, 1876) records that " a 

 small flock varying from two to twelve occupied, the 

 whole winter of 1875, a large reservoir close to the Iron 

 and Steel Works, Barrow. They were very persistent 

 in keeping near the middle, and so escaped scathless. 

 The last left about the middle of March 1876." This 

 species seldom arrives in any numbers before the latter 

 part of October. 



