132 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



The Pintail, Anns acuta. A flock of forty are recorded from 

 Wigtown Bay on 19th February, a pair from Possil Marsh on 5th 

 May, and about a dozen on the Dornoch Firth on 21st October. 



The Shoveller, Spatula clypeata. A pair are recorded from 

 Redmyre Loch on 15th April and 12th October, a drake there on 

 25th May and a duck on Loch Chesney (Wigtownshire) on 23rd 

 October. 



The Pochard, Nyroca ferina feri^ia. The winter flock on the 

 Tay Estuary dwindled gradually till 17th February, when the last 

 was seen, while a flock was observed on Redmyre Loch on 23rd 

 March, and a pair on Mochrum Loch on 15th May. 



The Tufted Duck, Nyroca fuligula. Up to 23rd March 

 drakes predominated largely at Redmyre, but by 15th April the 

 ducks there were twice as numerous as the drakes. Last seen on 

 the Tay Estuary on 25th April, while on 4th May a drake was 

 observed on the Forth at Aberlady. On 27th August a Tufted 

 Duck appeared on Balhousie Reservoir near Largo, while on 12th 

 October all had left Redmyre. 



The Scaup, Nyroca marila marila. Big flocks are noted in 

 Largo Bay (where there usually are none) on 20th January and 3rd 

 February, and numbers arrived at Little Ross on nth October. 



The Goldeneye, Bticephala clangula cla?igula. Is reported 

 pretty steadily from east coast stations up to 31st March; a female 

 was seen repeatedly on the Tay Estuary up to 7th May, and an 

 apparently adult male on Castle Loch (Mochrum) on 20th May. 

 On 5th October a Goldeneye was on Morton Loch (N. Fife), and 

 several on the Tay Estuary on 20th October, while great numbers 

 were seen on the Deveron on 23rd December (i. 1919, 50). 



The Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemaiis. Was last seen at 

 Cullen on 19th March and Boyndie Bay on 29th April, while the 

 earliest autumn records are from Vallay on i6th October and 

 Tarbatness next day. 



The Eider, Somateria niollissinia nwllissinia. Great numbers 

 arrived at Whalsay Skerries on 20th April, the Isle of May next 

 day, Largo Bay on 5th May, and Lerwick on 14th May. Large 

 flocks are again recorded on 21st September in the Tay Estuary, 

 26th September at Whalsay Skerries, and 3rd November at North 

 Ronaldshay. 



The Common Scoter, Oidemia nigra nigra. A female was 

 shot at Darsnag Flow (Corscmalzie), quite six miles inland on 29th 



