ANATIDA. 451 
THE GOLDEN-EYE. 
CLANGULA GLAUCION (Linnzus). 
The Golden-eye generally arrives on our coasts about the middle 
of October; and so long as the inland waters are not frozen it 
frequents many of our lakes, as well as rivers and tidal estuaries. 
Immature birds sometimes remain until the end of May, and the 
Rev. H. A. Macpherson states that he, saw a year-old male in 
North Uist, on July roth 1886. Asa rule, however, the species is 
comparatively scarce in the Outer Hebrides, though common in 
winter in the Orkneys and Shetlands. In Ireland it is well known 
on the estuaries, and especially on the fresh-water loughs. The young 
and the females are often called ‘ Morillons,’ and are considered 
by many fowlers as quite distinct from the far rarer mature males. 
This species is uncommon in the Feeroes, and still more so in 
Iceland; being represented in the latter island, as well as in Greenland, 
by the larger Barrow’s Golden-eye (C. zs/andica), the male of which 
has a greater developement of crest and a more purple gloss on the 
head, while the female is barely recognizable by her average 
superiority in size. In Scandinavia our Golden-eye is common in 
summer. as far north as lat. 70°, even where the trees—in which it 
usually makes its nest—-are hardly large enough to provide holes 
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