160 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



shot in the Potter Heigham marshes, in the east of 

 Norfolk, a year later. 



The case is copied from a Stock Dove's nest in an 

 elm-tree at Falmer, near Brighton. 



COMMON TERN. (IMMATURE.); 

 Case 200. 



The Common Tern is here shown in the plumage of 

 the first autumn. 



The specimens were shot at sea, off the Suffolk coast, 

 in August, 1873. 



GOLDEN EYE. (MATURE.) 

 Case 201. 



This handsome Duck is common along most parts of 

 the Scotch coast, frequenting the firths and also the 

 inland ]ochs. In England, however, except in severe 

 winters, it is by no means so abundant. 



Young birds and females may be met with at all 

 times from the beginning of October till April, but it is 

 seldom that the mature Drake is observed till January 

 or February. 



This species is generally found in pairs, or small 

 parties of from half a dozen to double, or perhaps 

 three times that number. The females and young are 

 quite unsuspicious of danger, and when feeding can 

 usually be approached with but little maneuvering. 

 The old drake, however, is one of the most wary of 

 wildfowl, taking wing on the slightest signs of danger. 



The specimens in the case were shot on Loch Slyn, 

 in the east of Ross-shire, in March, 1869. 



