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1889, nest composed of down and feathers, located 

 in a box fastened to a tree." In Iceland the bird 

 is not uncommon and often breeds in holes in the 

 ground at a considerable depth, where trees are 

 scarce. Mr. Edwin Carter of Colorado probably 

 first discovered the nest and eggs in this country. 

 In 1876 he took a set of ten, and since then has 

 repeatedly seen the young brood. On the Atlantic 

 coast the Barrow's golden-eye is taken regularly 

 in Maine and New Brunswick. Professor D. G. 

 Elliot at times has found it numerous on the St. 

 Lawrence near Ogdensburg, and has here killed 

 it over decoys. Both species were associated on 

 the river, the flight being up and down in the 

 direction of Lake Erie, the birds stopping occa- 

 sionally in the coves to feed, and floating down 

 with the current.^ 



On the coast of Massachusetts the Barrow's 

 golden-eye is rare. In the collection of Mr. 

 William Brewster are several birds from Boston 

 markets killed in the vicinity. Along the southern 

 New England coast it is seldom met with, and I 

 have never seen a specimen from Long Island 

 Sound, although from descriptions of gunners 

 there is no doubt it occasionally occurs. The 

 bird is possessed of all the habits of the common 

 golden-eye, flying high and fast, with the same 

 shrill, whistling flight. It is a quick diver, dis- 



1 "Wild Fowl of North America," by D. G. Elliot. 



