THE WIGEON AS A SCOTTISH BREEDING SPECIES 37 



1908. Nest and eggs, Loch Awe, Argyllshire {A.S.N.H., 1909, p. 



209). 

 1910. N.-\V. Roxburghshire (^.^'.iV.Z^., 1911, p. 117)- 

 191 2. Four lochs in Roxburghshire and five in Selkirkshire {Brit. 



Birds {Mag.) vi., p. 109). 

 1 9 14. Loch Insh, Inverness-shire, young Wigeon seen {Scot. Nat., 



1915, p. 162). 



Shetland. 



Breeds (or has bred ?), is numerous as a bird of passage and 

 small numbers remain throughout the winter. 



The date of the first nesting of the Wigeon in Shetland has 

 not been recorded, but before 1S74 it was breeding on Yell, Unst, 

 and Hascosay {Birds of Shetla/id, p. 245), and in 1897 it bred on 

 Walls {A.S.JV.B., 1898, p. 213). There is a dearth of information 

 as to the present status of this Duck in these islands, and we should 

 be grateful for definite information on this subject. We asked 

 Mr Meade Waldo if he had found the Wigeon breeding in Shetland 

 on any of his visits ihere, and he has kindly informed us, referring 

 to the months of June and July only, that the only Wigeon he ever 

 saw in these islands were two young males on a loch at Haroldswick 

 just below Hermaness Head, Unst. 



Orkney. 



Breeds (or has bred?), and is common locally as a winter visitor. 



In Gray's Birds of the West of Scotland, p. 375, published in 

 187 1, the Wigeon is recorded as having bred in Orkney, while in 

 the Fauna of the Orkney Island, p. 173, published in 1891, we find 

 that "they breed every year in Hoy, and have done so for some 

 time back." It will be seen that here again absence of records 

 renders the determination of the first year of the Wigeon's nesting 

 in Orkney impossible, and the present status of the Duck there is 

 also insufficiently known. Mr Meade Waldo says, "The last notes 

 of Wigeon I have were two pairs on Loch Bee, Sanday, on 4th July 

 1 9 14. I usually see a very few there, but I never saw a brood of 

 young, doubtless they do breed." 



Sutherland. 



Breeds abundantly, and is numerous in winter. 

 N. Sutherland. The original record of the Wigeon breeding in 

 Scotland comes from this county. In 1S34 Jardine and Selby took 



