492 Anatidce. 



call to these words. In the Orkney and Shetland Islands it is 

 known as ' Calloo/ which is there supposed to represent its song. 

 Cordeaux so much admires this strange note that he says r 

 ' Amongst all the varied cries and calls of our numerous sea-fowl, 

 that of the Hareld is the sweetest, most melancholy and harp- 

 like. Heard from a distance at sea, in the spring, on a still day, 

 it is inexpressibly wild and musical.' But in America it is 

 derisively termed ' South Southerly/ and ' Old Squaw/ from its 

 ' gabbling notes/ so diverse are opinions and tastes as to excel- 

 lence of voice, whether in the feathered or the human race. In 

 Norway it is called Angle mager, ' Hook-maker/ doubtless from 

 its cry, connected with the time of its appearance when the sea- 

 fishing begins:* and in that country its arrival is hailed with 

 delight, for its down is held next in estimation to that of the 

 Eider. For an admirable account of this species see Messrs. 

 Seebohm and Harvie Brown on the Birds of the Lower Petchora 

 in the Ibis for 1876, p. 445. In France it is Canard de Midon ; 

 in Germany, Eisente Winter Ente; in Sweden, Al-Fogel. 



201. GOLDEN-EYE (Fidigula clangula). 



This very active, sprightly, and withal beautiful bird, with a 

 remarkable brilliancy of eye (which is of a golden yellow colour, 

 whence its name), is tolerably common on the coast, though 

 rarely seen in the interior of the country. I have often met 

 with it on the shores of the Wash, but have never seen it far 

 from the sea. I have, however, an instance of its occurrence in 

 Wiltshire from the pen of the Rev. G. Marsh, who wrote that a 

 specimen of this bird had been killed on the river at Salisbury 

 in 1830 ; and had been preserved at the house of Mrs. Bath. 

 The Rev. A. P. Morres reports its appearance, though rarely, in 

 the water-meadows at Britford, and instances a fine male shot by 

 the keeper some years back, and now preserved at the ' Moat ' in 

 that parish. Another was killed at Stourton in 1874 : and an 

 immature bird was shot at Mere by Mr. J. Coward, in the winter 

 of 1880. Another was killed at Mildenhall in 1867 : and Major 

 * J. Wolley in Ibis for 1859, p. 70. 





