THE BIRDS OF CUMBERLAND. Ill 



drakes often feed at a distance from the younger 

 birds, and dive more frequently, generally staying 

 about twenty seconds under water ; whilst the 

 others dive for from ten to sixteen seconds. 



Daniel soberly relates (Rural Sports, SuppL, 

 p. 627), that one hundred and seventy Goldeneyes 

 were cauo^ht too^ether in a flounder net near Drum- 

 burgh ; but the story is no doubt apocryphal. 



Mr. Borrodale of Glasson, one of the oldest 

 of the Solway fishermen, informs us that on one 

 occasion he found that seventeen Goldeneyes had 

 meshed themselves in his net. This number he 

 considered extraordinary. 



An immature Goldeneye, shot on October 16th, 



1884, on the Eden, shows the commencement of 

 the dull white rinsf of the mature female on the 

 lower neck. A young male, shot on December 10th, 

 exhibits traces of the white facial disks at the base 

 of the bill. 



In 1884, w^e observed a party of Goldeneyes, 

 including two drakes in full plumage, at Monkhiil 

 lough, on April 28th, Their return commenced 

 early in the following October, an immature bird 

 being shot on October 10th, on the Eden. In 



1885, we observed six Goldeneyes at Monkhiil, on 

 April 29th. These are our earliest and latest dates 

 of arrival and departure. 



Genus HARELDA. 



H. Glacialis. Long-tailed Duck. 



The Lonsc-tailed Duck is a rare casual visitant 

 to our coast during the winter months. An imma- 



