i6o. Clangula glaucium americana ( Bonaparte ) Ridgway. Gol- 
den-eye.— Summer resident, breeding at various places. 
N.O.O, <3, Oct, 1881, P. 234 
-tccoh . -cotstc(t4s A/tAxis, fall $ A '/ . 
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Birds Tioga Co, N.Y. Aide* Loving 
620. Whistle-wing Duck. Common. This 
duck is one of the most common of the ducks 
which inhabit this part of the country. It may 
bo found in the spring, fall and winter on our 
Susquehanna river. It is called Whistle-wing 
because after attaining the height of about 
fifteen feet its wings make a whistling sound, 
which may be heard for fully a quarter of a 
mile. When slightly wounded this duck dives 
and sticks just the end of its bill out of water. 
They are expert swimmers, divers and lliers. 
Their food consists of small fish and mussels. 
Out of the crop of a full-grown male I counted 
sixty-one small shells and three pebbles. The 
full-grown males are very beautiful, their head 
being of a glossy green, with a white puffy 
spot at the root of the bill. Their weight is 
from two pounds to two pounds and a half. 
They are fair eating. 
27, Jsjce. p „ 80 
Brief .Notes. 
Large flocks of wild ducks have been going 
over Niagara Fails for the last week. The 
birds have been gathering in large numbers 
above the falls for two or three weeks past. 
They float out and down the river until they 
are caught in the rapids and are whirled along 
over the brink. Those that are not killed are 
stunned and seem bewildered. The largest 
bags of this game were made the other night, 
when a dozen men picked up some four hun- 
dred in the river belo v the falls. Thegame is 
shipped to Eastern markets. 
0.& O.Vol.l7,Jan.l8©2 p. lO 
