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ORKNEY 

 SUTHERLAND 

 OUTER HEBRIDES 



SHETLAND . 



ORKNEY 



MORAY 



TAY . 



TWEED 



OUTER HEBRIDES 



SUTHERLAND 



SHETLAND . 

 ORKNEY 



SHETLAND 

 ORKNEY 



Swans. 



N. Ronaldshay, Oct. 15, flock of 30 Whoopers 

 (Cygnns 1/ntsiciis} crossing the island to west. 



Thurso, March 25, Whooper seen; April gth, 

 young male shot. 



Barra Head, Dec. 7, Swan shot, supposed to 

 be a young specimen of C. beivicki. 



Ducks. 



Teal (Querquedula crecca\ Dunrossness, in 



numbers about Oct. 8, with Widgeon. 

 Tufted Duck (Fuligula cristata), Sept. 17, a few 



in Quendale Bay. 

 Longtailed Duck (Harelda glacialis}, Oct. 1 7, 



in hundreds off coast at Quendale. 

 Pochard (Fi/ligula ferina), N. Ronaldshay, Nov. 



14. 



Tufted Duck, Oct. 10. 

 Golden Eye (Clangula glaucion\ Nov. 2. 

 Longtailed Duck, Nov. 2, in large numbers. 

 Ruddy Sheldrake (Tadorna casarca), Findhorn 



estuary, Oct. 19, see "Annals." 

 Tufted Duck, Newport, Fife, Sept. 12. 

 Tufted Duck, nest with eggs in Selkirkshire, 



July, see "Annals." 

 Pochard, Rodel, June 5, a pair remaining to 



breed. 



Pintail (Dafila acuta}, Rodel, Oct. 29. 

 Longtailed Duck, a pair seen daily in May, Min- 



galay. 



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Turtur communis (Turtle Dove). 

 Male shot near Wick June 7. 



Rallus aquaticus (Water Rail). 



. Loch Hillwell, Sept. 28; Mousa, Oct. 20, "be- 

 lieved to breed in Shetland." 

 N. Ronaldshay, in large numbers during the 

 winter ; first seen Nov. 9 ; most of them dis- 

 appeared by Dec. 9. 



Porzana mantetta (Spotted Crake). 



One seen near Lerwick, Sept. 2 1 ; said to be not 

 uncommon between September and November. 

 . One killed and another seen, N. Ronaldshay, 

 Sept. 27. 



