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there on October 29th, 1878. Mr. John Corrie says in 1888 
that a single specimen shot within recent years on the 
Cairn is now at Crawfordton,* but Captain Walker writes 
me that it is not there now and he has no recollection of the 
specimen. In 1893 a Goldeneye was shot on Eliock Estate 
(Sanquhar) by Mr. Monteath, as I am informed by Mr R 
McMillan ; and Mr. P. Coleman tells me that one was shot 
by Colonel J. Ewing on the River Cairn in November, 1899 
or 1900, but Colonel Ewing writes me that he does not 
remember shooting it. In 1901 Dr. J. W. Martin, in a list 
of Glencairn birds, says of this species : "A few are usuaUy 
to be found on the Cairn every winter ; an old drake is seldom 
seen, f On November 14th, 1908, I shot an immature 
female at Capenoch (Keir) ; and five days later the keeper, 
C. Hyslop, obtained a similar specimen ; both were single 
birds, and were the first I had seen in the locality. 
Mr. J. W. Payne writes me from Annan that the Golden- 
eye IS occasionaUy shot there in winter ; and a female shot 
on a loch near Denbie (Dalton) on January 22nd, 1910 was 
sent to me by Major H. Hall. 
Doubtless this species wiU be found in such locahties as 
Lochmaben, for it is in open weather essentially a bird of 
inland lakes, and frequents the rivers and tidal estuaries 
when driven from its favourite haunts by frost and ice ; 
but, till a more discriminate use is made of the name 
goldeneye " it is impossible to be more precise with regard 
to its distribution. 
The Goldeneye has never yet been proved to have 
nested m Great Britain, but breeds in parts of northern 
Europe and Asia, where it nests in holes in trees, sometimes 
at a considerable height from the ground, the disused nest 
ot a Black Woodpecker being a favourite choice. In winter 
It IS found throughout Europe in suitable locahties as far 
south as the Mediterranean, while eastwards its migrations 
extend to upper India, Japan and China. 
* Trans. D, and Q. Nat. Hist. Soc, November 10th, 1888 
T Op. cit., December 13th, 1901. 
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