2Q THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



39. Ring-necked Duck. (Black-head ; Pond Blue- 

 bill.) A. collaris. (Donov.) 

 " Transient Visitant," rare. The large numbers 

 of this duck which are some seasons exposed for 

 sale in our markets are imported from Chicago. 

 Occasionally a solitary duck of this species is met 

 with inside our marshes early in the autumn. It 

 is a finer eating duck than the preceding two. 

 Observed in spring in our market April 25, and 

 I considered that it had been shot in this district. 



Genus Glaucionetta. Stejneger. 



40. American Golden-eye. (Whistler ; "Whistle- 

 wing ; Golden-eye.) G. clangula americana. 

 (Bonap.) 



" Transient Visitant," common. When the ice 

 moves down the river in the spring of the year 

 large numbers of this duck congregate together in 

 the St. Lawrence river, between Laprairie and the 

 Victoria bridge, and in the fall of the year they 

 again appear plentiful in our lakes. They are not 

 sought after by market-hunters, as they are not 

 held in very high esteem for the table, although 

 not bad eating. The sportsman, when shooting 

 over decoys, is often annoyed by this species 

 alighting outside the decoys just as a flock of de- 

 sirable ducks are coming, being very quick to 



