610 CLANGULA GLAUCION. 
CLANGULA GLAUCION (Linnzus). 
THE GOLDENEYE. 
O. W. tab. O. 
[As in the case of the Tufted Duck, already mentioned (supra, p. 594), 
Mr. Wolley’s expectation of supplying Mr. Hewitson with some general notes on 
the breeding of the Goldeneye remained unfulfilled; but among his papers there is 
a rough draught of what he had begun to write on the subject; and, unrevised and 
unfinished as it is, I think myself justified in publishing it here, for it contains 
information on certain points which I believe has not hitherto been made known. } 
The wild wary Goldeneye seems to throw off all its unamiable 
qualities on its arrival in the north and to become almost a 
dependent on man..... 
Having no hen-roost to send to for a few eggs to make a pudding, 
my landlady asks her neighbours if they cannot let her have some 
from their fudles, and if they send any they are almost certain to be 
Goldeneyes’—exception [words illegible] only in favour of the 
Goosander and Smew, and these so rare that they are hardly to 
be taken into account. 
A fogel tulle, or “tiller” as I should spell it in English, called wx 
in the Finnish language, is made of-part of the trunk of a small 
hollow tree, often cleft to clear out the inside and then bound up 
like a barrel: a hole large enough to admit a man’s hand and arm is 
made about two-thirds up the side, and the top and bottom are closed 
with turf supported by cross-bits of stick. It is then hung per- 
pendicularly against a tree on a peg formed by lopping off a small 
branch, two or three inches from its origin. As the egg-season 
approaches a little fresh moss is put into the tulle, and sometimes the 
wood near the entrance is pared so as to look new, when it is said 
to be more attractive to the Ducks and less so to Owls. I am told 
that the bird always scrapes in the moss till it feels there is some- 
thing more substantial at bottom, so care must be taken to have turf 
or some such substance below. It is better also to stuff with moss 
every chink, including even the peg-hole. 
The depth which has been found most suitable for these egg- 
boxes has surpised me much. It is usually that of a man’s forearm, 
so that the eggs can just be reached. No kind of care is taken to 
have the inside rough, and it is wonderful how the bird manages to 
get in and out, but when I had experienced [§ 5833] the sharpness 
