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scarcely cease diving and splashing about, sometimes the whole 
company being down together, but remaining below only a very 
short time. They will allow a small boat to approach within 
about 200 yards, but, after having got so near, you may expect to 
see some at least of their number, with much splash and splutter, 
taking their flight, while the sharp ringing of their wings makes 
assurance doubly sure that they are on the look-out for more 
secure and agreeable quarters. Their food is small univalve 
shells.” On the coasts of Waterford and Cork this duck is found, 
but is not now considered common in the harbour bearing the 
latter name ; and is very rare in Kerry ; — a couple killed on the 
the lakes of Killarney are in Mr. R. Chute's collection. One 
correspondent of much experience terms the golden-eye common 
on the inland waters of Connaught, and another mentions a 
magpie diver* — so called from being pied with black and white, 
and probably this species — as frequenting Lough Conn and the 
River Moy, where he has often seen moor buzzards “ stoop '' lo 
them when on the water.f The author of e Wild Sports of the 
West' remarks, that he “ noticed the golden-eye upon the 
estuary.'' Sir Richard Levinge, writing to me from Knockdrin 
Castle, county Meath, in October 1838, stated that many moril- 
Ions and golden-eyes were on the waters there in the preceding 
winter. The species is said to be common on the River Shannon, 
near Portumna. 
Judging from what is said of the golden-eye in England and 
Scotland, it is perhaps equally numerous in Ireland as in those 
countries. 
The Buffel-headed Duck, Clangula albeola. Anas albeola, Eorst., 
not known as having ever visited Ireland, is positively recorded 
in the British catalogue, from one individual having been obtained 
at Yarmouth, and another in Orkney (Yarrell, 1845). It is a common 
North American species. 
This is a name for the smew in England. 
f Mr. B. Ball. 
