96 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



Another was in an elm stub, and the hole by which the bird enter- 

 ed was about five feet from the ground. The nest itself was on 

 a level with the ground, and made of rotten wood without any- 

 down. ' I think they do not use down until after they begin to sit, 

 and that it is added to keep the eggs warm when away feeding. I 

 also found a nest in a hollow cottonwood log on the ground. 

 None of the nests were more than seventy-five yards from the 

 water, and some only a few feet from it. {Spreadborough) 



Breeds throughout Manitoba, northern Assiniboia and Alberta, 

 laying its eggs in holes in trees. (Raine.) 



A small flock of these birds was observed about the Bay of 

 Quinte, Lake Ontario, in August, 1897, and two or three were 

 shot a little later ; it is very probable a pair or two nested not 

 far off. {Rev. C. J. Young.) 



This bird prefers to nest in a tree some fifteen or twenty-five feet 

 from the ground. The nest is composed of grass, leaves and moss, 

 lined with feathers. The eggs, eight or more in number, are of 

 an ashy-green colour. It lays about the middle of May, or later. 

 In 1894 a pair of these birds built near a large pond within a 

 short distance of Templeton, Que., a few miles from Ottawa, 

 and raised a small brood of five. On the 23rd of June these 

 youngsters were quite able to dive and follow the old bird twenty 

 yards under water. ( G. R. White.') 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



One specimen ; taken at Toronto in 1865. 



Two sets of , eggs, taken at Indian Head, Assa., in June, 1892. 



. 152. Barrow's Golden-eye. 



Clangula islandica (Gmel.) Bonap. 1842. 



Breeds in South Greenland only, apparently not further north 

 than Godthaab. {Arct. Man.) Stragglers have been taken all 

 along the Atlantic coast from Hudson Strait south to the Bay of 

 Fundy. They are more abundant to the north and become rare 

 in the Gulf, though they are taken in the St. Lawrence and on 

 Lake Ontario and Lake Huron. 



Dr. Elliott Coues records in his " Birds of Montana and Dakota,' 

 the occurrence of a brood of this species on Chief Mountain Lake, 

 Waterton Lake, Rocky Mountains, on the United States side of 

 the International Boundary. In 1895 the writer saw a few speci 



