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Art. V. —On the Golden Eyes, or Carrots in NoS cp,TiA r 
By J. Bernard Gilpin, A. B., M. D., M. R. C. S. 
(Read March 11, 1878J 
Sub-genijs Bucephala, Baird. 
Bucephala 
clangula, 
Coues . 
Bucephala 
americana, 
Baird. 
Anas 
clangula, 
Linn. 
Fuligula 
clangula, 
Bon. 
Clangula 
vulgaris, 
Richardson. 
The Common Golden Eye. 
Bucephala 
islandicus, 
Baird. 
Anas 
islandicus, 
Gmelin. 
Clangula 
barovii, 
Barrow's Golden Eye . 
Richardson. 
Bucephala 
albeola, 
Baird. 
Anas 
albeola, 
IAnn. 
Fuligula 
albeola, 
Spirit Duch 
Richardson. 
Thus we find that the genus Anas, formed by Linnaeus to include 
these species, has been since sub-divided into Fuligula, Clangula, 
and Bucephala, and that the specific Clangula, also given to the 
common Golden Eye by Linnaeus, has been justly restored to it 
by Coues, though disallowed by Richardson and Baird. In the 
Barrow’s Golden Eye, Baird has justly restored Gmelin’s first 
specific Islandicus, though Richardson had named it after his 
friend, the Secretary of the Admiralty. 
There are many circumstances making Digby Basin a chosen 
resort during fall and winter, for many species of migratory sea 
birds. Its easy access from the rough tides of the Bay of Fundy, 
its sheltered basins and broad wide flats, with their shallows 
teeming with life, and scantily covered by a warm brackish tide 
of mixed river and ocean water. Flying before the heavy south- 
westers, numerous sea birds find themselves swept up the Bay 
of Fundy, and then almost imperceptibly swept through the nar- 
