COMMON SCOTER 173 
CLANGULA GLAUCION (Uinn.). GOLDEN- 
HYE. 
Mr. Kermode thinks that this species, though a regular 
visitant, is present in small numbers only, but the writer’s 
experience tends towards the conclusion that, at least in 
the Douglas district, it is the most common of the diving 
Ducks. 
The specimens are seldom full-plumaged drakes, but 
there are two fine male examples in the Isle of Man Natural 
History Society’s collection at Ramsey. Dr. Clague, of 
Castletown, has another handsome specimen, and Mrs. T. H. 
Kinvig yet another. 
The Golden-Eye frequents both fresh and salt water 
throughout Ireland, especially in the north. It is some- 
times common in Galloway, and is regular and not infre- 
quent on bays, estuaries, and inland waters, on the English 
side of our sea. It abounds in Orkney and Shetland, but 
not perhaps in the Outer Hebrides. In Britain generally 
it is a pretty common winter species. 
GEDEMIA NIGRA (Linn.). COMMON 
SCOTER. 
The first recognition of this bird as a Manx species we 
owe to Mr. W. S. Baily, who shot an immature drake in 
Castletown Bay in the surf just opposite King William’s 
College on 20th January 1889. On 13th April following 
Mr. Baily saw another specimen, ‘ which he thought might 
be the same bird he had seen going south in the autumn’ 
