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friend,, who saw one or two others (females or young males) there 
that season. In the winter of 1846, two goosanders were seen 
there, and in that of 1848-49, the same number ; — an adult male 
and female.* In the severe season of 1849-50, nine were sent 
to Mr. Glennon to be preserved ; — of these, I saw an immature 
male in December, in which month, and in January, a female with 
two males in their beautiful adult plumage were received ; one of 
these was shot in the county Wicklow, and another on the river 
Barrow, at Monasterevan. This species is enumerated among 
the birds obtained in Wexford harbour,! and is sometimes pro- 
cured in that of Cork, but not so frequently as every winter;! — 
in that of 1849-50 one was killed there. Old and young males 
and females are seen almost annually in the little harbour of 
Glengariff, where they are called spear wigeon. They frequented 
it commonly in the season of 1848-49, but in the following 
severe winter none were seen. All the birds of a little flock 
dive almost simultaneously, like golden-eye ducks. § In the 
county of Kerry these birds are considered scarce, but Mr. K. 
Chute has procured for his collection an adult pair ; one of 
which was shot at a salmon- weir at the head of Dingle Bay. 
Latham informs us, on the authority of Mr. Jackson, that 
“ the dun diver inhabits Ireland, and breeds upon the islands of 
the Shannon, near Killaloe, and is frequently seen there the whole 
summer through.” | In a catalogue of native birds, kindly drawn 
up for my use, in November 1836, by the Bev. Thomas Knox, 
who for a time resided at Killaloe, it was remarked, under 
the head of M. merganser : — “ A bird comes to the Shannon in 
spring, and stays all summer, called by the country-people shell- 
duck ; but I am almost sure it is this bird. * * * I also hear 
that a similar bird comes in summer to lakes in the county of 
Clare ;” — this was written without any reference to the passage 
* Mr. R. J. Montgomery. j* Major T. Walker. 
X Dr. J. R. Harvey has, in a letter to me, corrected the remark made in the 
Fauna of Cork, implying that the goosander is more frequent there than the 
merganser. 
§ Mr. G. Jackson, February 11, 1850. 
|| ‘ Synopsis of Birds.’ Supplement, voL vii. p. 270. 
