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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 manoeuvring. The old drake, however, is 

 one of the most wary of wildfowl, taking wing on 

 the slightest sign of danger. 



The specimens in the case were shot on Loch 

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

 See." Hough Notes," Vol. III., Plate 13. 



GOLDEN EYE. (IMMATURE.) 

 Case '202. 



The immature males of this species are 

 observed during their first winter in the plumage 

 of the specimens in the case. 



It is not often that the Golden Eye is seen on 

 land ; the two birds in the case, however, were 

 shot as they rose from the bank of one of the 

 islands on Hickling Broad in January, 1873. 

 See " Kough Notes," Vol. III., Plate 13. 



ARCTIC TERN. (MATURE.) 



Case L>o:J. 



Like all the rest of its family the Arctic Tern 

 is only a visitor to the British Islands, arriving in 

 the spring, rearing its young on our shores, and 

 leaving us on the approach of cold weather. 



There are still several breeding stations at 

 different points round the coast, though two or 

 three spots where they formerly nested in the 

 youth have been of late years entirely deserted. 



