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a b a y> you have only to conceal yourself at the other, and send 
your man round to where they are diving. They will most 
likely come straight towards you, and, again beginning to feed, 
will probably every five or ten minutes draw all together with 
their heads up. Now is your time to fire, if you have the good 
fortune to be within shot; but should you prefer two birds in 
the hand to waiting for their knitting together, you may have a 
capital right and left when they come up from diving: I how¬ 
ever, should be loath to lose the opportunity of the sitting shot. 
“ There are many other divers that frequent our lochs, such as 
the tufted* and scaupf Ducks, &c., but they may all be ap¬ 
proached in the same way as the Golden-eye and the Morillon; 
none are so shy as the former.! Those that feed on fish, such 
* The Ring-necked Duck of America. Fuligula Rujitorques. 
t The Scaup-duck—in the West, Flocking Fowl—on the Chesapeake, 
Black-head—commonly Blue-bill, or Broad-bill, Fuligula Marila. All these 
are properly Sea Ducks; but all are found to the Westward, as in Great Bri¬ 
tain, more or less inland. 
t Last winter I had a good opportunity of contrasting the artful and suspi¬ 
cious nature of the Golden-eye with that of the more confiding Morillon. When 
shooting wild-fowl on the banks of the Teith, I discovered, with my glass, a 
Golden-eye feeding at the top of a long creek, and a couple of Morillons at the 
bottom where it joined the river. As they were at some distance from each 
other, it was impossible to keep an eye upon both. So, knowing that if the 
Golden-eye got a glimpse of me, he would not stay to take another, I was ob¬ 
liged to trust to the simplicity of the more social Morillons. I got within a fair 
distance for my last run, when the Morillons, who had caught a transient glance 
at my manoeuvres, paid the compliment of giving me their undivided attention; 
but, as they did not leave the ground, nor show any other sign of alarm, I was 
congratulating myself that all was safe. The moment, however, that the Gol¬ 
den-eye came up from the dive, he perceived that the Morillons were resting on 
their oars, and instantly was on his guard. It was most curious to see the cun¬ 
ning and tact of the creature, which I had every advantage for observing, as I 
was well concealed. He kept cruising about, with outstretched neck, peering 
first on one side of the creek, then on the other, always selecting the best points 
of sight to halt, and make his observations. Nor would he recommence his re 
past until the Morillons had set him the example. And, had I not known his 
usual precaution of making the first dive or two, after being scared, very short, 
he might even then have escaped.” 
