Clangula o. americana . 
Lake limb agog, Maine. 
1896, While we were searching the islands near Sweat's meadow 
June 5. a female Golden-eye came flying about over the meadow utter¬ 
ing her krur-hrur-ca -ca-ca-ca-ca-ca incessantly. Half an hour 
latdr we found her nest in a tall larch stub 40 ft. above the 
water. There was a good deal of down adhering to the entrance 
hole (which was nearly round and scarce larger than a Flick¬ 
er's) as well as to the upper branches of the tree so our 
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expectation were raised high but when Watrous cut into the 
trunk he found only an addled egg and a number of egg shells 
from which the young had evidently only recently escaped. Up 
doubt the brood were swimming or hiding somewhere near but we 
saw nothing of them. 
