THE BARROW GOLDEN-EYE. Sor 
because of the prominence of their snowy plumage they find themselves obliged 
to maintain a wary outlook wherever found. On salt water the birds venture 
up on shore as often as they dare, and it is to be feared that they are not 
fastidious in the matter of their food. Mussels, crabs, and marine worms 
are commonly eaten, but that bugaboo of our beach-line, the decayed salmon, 
is also greedily devoured, and the birds soon become unfit for culinary 
consideration. 
Tho chiefly a resident of northern and Arctic regions, the Whistler un- 
doubtedly nests also in the vicinity of our own mountain lakes, especially along 
the eastern slope of the Cascades. As in the case of Wood Ducks, hollow trees 
or old excavations of the Pileated Woodpecker are utilized, and the cavity is 
warmly lined with dried grasses or leaves, and provided with a soft inner 
cushion of down. ‘The birds are early nesters, and the youngsters lead a 
merry, care-free life upon some mountain lakelet when the summer season is 
just at its prime. A group of four we sighted on Coon Lake were no sooner 
made out than they paddled over in our direction, as curious as we were to see 
the stranger. When their curiosity was satisfied, the jolly quartette resumed 
their interrupted sport, which seemed to consist of a spirited game of tag. 
Now the ducklings splashed and floundered over the surface of the water, and 
now they took wing, circling the valley half a dozen times in breathless pursuit. 
After this they returned suddenly to plunge into the water, and so carried on 
the unending chase in its emerald depths—all as happy as children in Grand- 
pa’s old barn. 
No. 322. 
BARROW’S GOLDEN-EYE. 
A. O. U. No. 152. Clangula islandica (Gmel.). 
Synonyms.—WuIstLer. GaArrot. Rocky MounrtTAIN Garror. 
Description.—4dult male: Similar to preceding species, but gloss of head 
strongly blue-black or purplish; a triangular loral white spot continuous with 
base of bill on sides and exceeding it above and below; white wing-patch crossed 
by transverse bar of black; and white of scapulars somewhat less extensive; tip of 
bill surrounding nail orange. Adult female: Presenting only trifling differences 
from that of the preceding species: bill of slightly different proportions, averaging 
stubbier and with slightly broader nail; the tips of the greater coverts blackish ; 
bill as in male. Size of preceding, but averaging nearer the larger dimensions. 
Upper mandible from frontal angle to edge of tomia .92 (23.4); from anterior 
margin of white spot to anterior angle of nostril .88 (22.4); from anterior angle 
of nostril to tip of bill .64 (16.3)—(male). Similar dimensions of female .7§ 
(GEO!S)) Se75e1(LOsD)in 70) (17.8) 2 
Recognition Marks.—Mallard size; black and white coloration; triangular, 
