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found (and I have seen nests of all the ducks that breed in 

 these islands, with the exception of the doubtful Golden-eye)." 



It may be within the memory of those who have read 

 an early record of my own of Scaups seen frequenting a cer- 

 tain loch in Sutherland dating as far back as 1868 that 

 on that occasion the male was shot, and from the habits of 

 the bird, as observed at the time, there seemed to be scarcely 

 any doubt that the female was not far distant ; and I wrote : 

 " I shall not be surprised to hear of the young and eggs of 

 the Scaup being found in either one or other of four different 

 localities." In the same article l I referred to a previous 

 tentative record by Mr. Selby, who tells us : " A single 

 female was shot by Sir William Jarcline on a small loch 

 between Lochs Hope and Eriboll. She was attended by a 

 young one, which unfortunately escaped among the reeds " ; 

 and Sir William Jardine kindly informed me that " the old 

 bird certainly had a young one with it, but whether a young 

 Scaup or not it would be difficult to say." 



I think there is no reason whatever to doubt Mr. H. Noble's 

 record, and we may accept it as completely trustworthy and 

 accurate. The letters and correspondence of Jardine Selby 

 and Selby Jardine are now carefully preserved, and perhaps 

 the possessor of the former may be able to throw some 

 additional light upon Jardine and Selby's tour in Suther- 

 landshire, which, at this stage, would prove of interest to 

 Scottish and British naturalists. 



SOME NOTES ON THE FRESH - WATER ENTO- 

 MOSTRACA OF ABERDEENSHIRE. 



By THOMAS SCOTT, F.L.S., 

 Naturalist to the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



THE fresh- water lochs of Aberdeenshire, though comparatively 

 few in number, appear to contain as rich an entomostracan 

 fauna as those of any other county in Scotland. In a gather- 



1 c On the Birds found breeding in Sutherlandshire,' " Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 Glasgow," 1875, p. 69. 



