Clangula clangula americana. 1889, Lake Umbagog. October 16. Adult male in full plumage. An adult male Golden-eye in full plumage in Sweat'e Mead- ow pond, diving. He saw us, rose, and came back over us at about I50 ft.height. 1895, Lake Umbagog September 8. Androscoggin River. We were rowing down the river when a Whistler rose about 200 yds. ahead, crossed the marsh, circled out over the lake and returning passed within thirty yards of us when I shot it. It is singular that this Duck and the Sheldrake, although exceedingly shy birds when one attempts to approach them on the water, will often fly past an unconcealed boat within gun range. September 14. Lake Umbagog. Soon after dinner I started out with Jim in the large boat. Just inside Moose Point we spied two Whistlers swimming near shore. I landed and tried to stalk them, but they worked gradually away from shore and out of gun-shot. Jim seeing this paddled gently towards them. They had now gone to sleep and turned slowly around and around with their heads under their scapular feathers, drifting with the wind. They paid little attention to the boat until it was within 60 yards or less, when they began swimming away from it. They passed me out of range but Jim cir- cled around them and drove them back when they came within 30 yds. and I shot one on the water and the other as it rose. They were evidently fresh arrivals from the north for none of our local Whistlers would have acted in this manner. 17