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four are reported from North Ronaldshay, and many, " mostly 

 males," had returned to Summerston Loch. The first arrivals seen 

 at Vallay (N. Uist) were on 21st September; a small flock is noted 

 at St Andrews on 30th September, eight on Castle Lake, Duns, on 

 7th October, and many arrivals in the sea off Kingsbarns on 19th 

 October, while on 31st December about a hundred and fifty were 

 seen on the flooded haughs of the Kelvin at Summerston. 



The Pintail, Anas acuta. "Quite a hundred" were seen in 

 Wigtown Bay on 21st February, and seven there on 17th April, 

 while a male and two females are noted near Summerston on 

 16th May (2. viii. 36); it is "uncommon in Clyde." A fine drake 

 was seen on Tentsmuir on 5th September; first seen North 

 Ronaldshay on 17th September, and many there from 22 nd to 

 30th September, a good many on the Beauly Firth on 16th October, 

 and thirty to forty in Wigtown Bay on 1 7th November. 



The Shoveller, Spatula clypeata. Five were on Bishop Loch 

 on 5th March, and a pair visited Redmyre Loch on 10th April but 

 did not remain. On 30th April, 26th and 27th May, 5th June 

 and 3rd September, one or two Shoveller were seen in the Kelvin 

 Valley (2. viii. 35), twenty arrived at North Ronaldshay on 4th 

 September, and there were many there on 22nd September, a pair 

 on Castle Lake, Duns, on 7th October, while a flock of about 

 twenty are reported from Redmyre Loch on 21st October. 



The Pochard, Nyroca ferina ferina, About a thousand are 

 reported from Bishop Loch (Gartcosh) on 5th March, and about 

 twenty pairs on Bardowie Loch on 19th March. A flock of about 

 forty on Castle Loch, Mochrum, on 13th September, eighteen on 

 Castle Lake, Duns, on 7th October, three at North Ronaldshay 

 on 25th October, and twelve in the Kelvin Valley on 28th October, 

 while on 7th December large flocks are noted at North Ronaldshay. 



The Tufted Duck, Nyroca fuligu la. Many are recorded from 

 Possil Marsh on 26th March, but only two drakes and a duck 

 were there on 27th April (2. viii. 59 and 6r). On 21st June 

 a flock of twenty were on Mochrum Loch, seven at Little Ross 

 on 25th October, about a dozen in the Tay near Dundee on 

 18th November, and four at North Ronaldshay on 23rd November. 



The Scaup, Nyroca marila marila. A flock of fifty were 

 seen at the mouth of the river Luce on 17th February, a female on 

 Possil Marsh on 27th April, the first ever seen there (2. viii. 61), 



