100 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
the hole by which the bird entered was about five feet from the 
ground. The nest itself was on a level with the ground, and made 
of rotten wood without any down. I think they do not use down 
until after they begin to sit, and that it is added to keep the eggs 
warm when away feeding. I also found a nest in a hollow cotton- 
wood log on the ground. None of the nests were more than seventy- 
five yards from the water, and some only a few feet fromit. (Spread- 
borough.) Breeds throughout Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan 
and Alberta, laying its eggs in holes in trees. (Razne.) 
152. Barrow Golden-eye. 
Clangula islandica. (GMEL.) BOoNAP. 1842. 
Breeds in south Greenland only, apparently not further north 
than Godthaab. (Arct.Man.) Stragglers have been taken all 
along the Atlantic coast from Hudson strait south to the Bay of 
Fundy. They are more abundant to the north and become rare 
in the gulf, though they are taken on the St. Lawrence and on Lake 
Ontario and Lake Huron. 
Dr. Elliott Coues records in his ‘‘Birds of Montana and Dakota,”’ 
the occurrence of a brood of this species on Chief Mountain lake, 
Waterton lake, Rocky mountains, on the United States side of the 
International boundary. In 1895 the writer saw a few specimens 
at the north end of the same lake, and in July, 1885, a female and 
young were obtained at Kicking Horse lake, Rocky mountains. 
Dr. Richardson named the species from a specimen taken in the 
Athabasca pass, and Macfarlane took two specimens as far north 
as Fort Anderson. It is of rare occurrence in Alaska, but young 
were taken at Chilcat as early as April 24th by Nelson. 
Regular visitor in British Columbia. (Lord.) During the breed- 
ing season of 1891 I found this duck very abundant on nearly every 
lake along the Cariboo road; it has also been taken by Mr. W. B. 
Anderson at Port Simpson, on the coast of British Columbia. (Fan- 
nim.) Rare inland except in summer, but common on the coast of 
British Columbia. (Brooks.) 
BREEDING NoTes.—I have had eggs sent me which were taken 
out of a hollow tree at Devil lake, near Banff, Rocky mountains. 
(Raine.) A rather scarce breeder in the neighborhood of 150-mile 
House, but common in La Hache valley. One set of eggs was taken 
