BRITISH BIRDS 



of a p:in. It never stayed under water for more than a minute, even when finding 

 food abundant in one spot, but came up, rested a moment or two on the surface, 

 and di\'ed again. All food was swallowed where it was found, and small pebbles 

 and fairly large stones were pushed over in the search." 



The Golden-Eye is known to fowlers in some places as " Rattlewing," from the 

 curious whistling noise made by the wings of the bird in flight ; whilst the females 

 and immature males, under the name of " Morillon," were formerly, and in some 

 cases even now, considered to be a different species. 



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