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of 1848 an adult male was shot in Dublin Bay at Clontarf ; 

 and the same year an immature female was found dead near 

 Dollymount, having probably perished from the effects of a 

 previous gale. Of the greatest rarity in the summer, we are 

 indebted to Mr. R. Glennon for the notice of its first occur- 

 rence, having observed in his establishment an adult male in 

 the peculiar plumage of the summer ; we were informed that 

 it had been obtained out of a flock of thirteen birds, on the 

 estate of Sir Robert Gore Booth (where specimens had been 

 previously obtained in winter) , in the west of Ireland. The 

 entire flock was described by the gentleman who obtained 

 the male bird* to have presented quite a familiar appearance, 

 and to have attracted him to the little cove where they were 

 swimming by their wild musical cries. On the coast of Achill, 

 visited by Mr. Glennon in the winter of 1852, flocks of these 

 birds were observed, and several immature birds were ob- 

 tained. Occasionally specimens in adult plumage have been 

 noticed in the fresh -water lakes of the country. 



Of the habits of this interesting bird we know compara- 

 tively little, the only reason we can assign being its rarity 

 upon our coast. A bird well known to the voyagers in 

 the northern regions, it has been noticed by them as oc- 

 curring in great numbers along the Arctic regions of the 

 northern hemisphere. To the natives of the islands in such 

 latitudes it is also well known, being named by them the 

 calloo, from its loud and agreeable call. On the second voy- 

 age of Captain King, whilst taking observations in Kamts- 

 chatka, a duck of beautiful plumage was described, having 

 a singular and beautiful call, consisting of three distinct notes 

 rising at equal intervals above each other, and called by the 

 natives " a-an-gitche," which, in all probability, is the long- 

 tailed duck.f 



The food is taken by diving, and consists of shell-fish and 

 molluscs, and occasionally small fish, in consequence of which 

 the flesh has a disagreeable and tough taste. 



This species selects for a breeding place the large inland fresh- 

 water lakes of the northern continents, on the banks of which 

 it constructs a large loose nest, in some instances lined with 

 down : the eggs are small and of grayish -white colour. 



Habitat Northern Europe. 



* In the author's collection. t Cook's Voyages. 



