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punt-gun, some winters back, on Heigham 

 Sounds, in the east of Norfolk, at a 

 number of these birds sitting with other 

 fowl at the edge of a wake on the ice, 

 scores of small rudd and roach were dis- 

 covered lying on the surface where the 

 flock had been resting. On the upper 

 waters of the Lyon, in Perthshire, while 

 concealed among the alders on the bank 

 of the river, I watched, at the distance 

 of only a few yards, eight or ten immature 

 birds diving for food in the shallows 

 among some large stones. At last the 

 party appeared satisfied, and paddled 

 slowly to some ledges of rock, apparently 

 with the intention of landing, when, offer- 

 ing a good chance, five were stopped with 

 the two barrels. The quantity of trout, 

 all perfectly fresh, that were shaken from 

 their throats would have more than half 

 filled a moderately sized fish-creel. 



" When unmolested this species is by 

 no means shy ; in many of the Highland 

 glens I have seen them resting on the 

 stones by the river-side, within a short 

 distance of the road, paying little or no 

 attention to the traffic." 



The nest of the Goosander has not yet 

 been taken in the Himalayas, and we owe 

 all we know regarding the breeding of this 



