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notice anything wrong with the decoys, or move- 

 ment in the blind ; the only chance the sports- 

 man ffets on these occasions is to hear the whist- 



c? 



ling of the golden-eye's wings, as the ducks fly off 

 out of gunshot range, which otherwise would have 

 resulted in the flock alighting near the decoys. I 

 think it likely that a few breed here. Mr. Archi- 

 bald Inglis and myself shot a young duck or female 

 of this species on the 9th of September, 1891, up 

 the creek at Laprairie. I noticed two males and 

 two females of this duck February 21, 1891, in a 

 butcher's shop here, but on enquiry found they had 

 been shot above Cornwall, Ontario. Observed in 

 our markets March 26 to April 26, and supposed 

 to have been shot in this district. It is possible 

 that a few may winter here in localities where the 

 water is never all frozen over, such as in the vicin- 

 ity of rapids or strong currents. I saw several 

 between April 24 and 30, 1893, at Lake of Two 

 Mountains. I have often noticed a considerable 

 difference in sizes of the golden-eye duck, both in 

 the spring and fall of the year, but more especially 

 in the spring of the year, when I have seen the 

 smaller size in separate flocks, apparently all females 

 by the plumage. 



41. .Barrow's Golden-eye. G. islandica. (Gmel.) 



" Transient Visitant," rare. This species resem- 

 bles its congener the preceding duck, but has the 



