132 TII1 SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



The Teal, Anas crecca cncca. Large numbers are recorded at 

 North Ronaldshay on 5th February. Two had reached Largo Bay 

 on 6th August, about a score near Mugdrum Is. (Tay) on loth 

 November, and a lot about the mouth of the Piltantan Burn, Luce 

 Sands, on 14th November. 



The Wigeon, Anas penelope Thousands were observed in 

 the Cromarty Firth on 3rd February, and great numbers at North 

 Ronaldshay two days later. Seen off Tentsmuir Point up to 3rd 

 May and North Ronaldshay to 6th May. Two were shot at Vallay 

 on 27th August, considerable movement of small numbers is 

 recorded in September and large arrivals from roth to 24th 

 October, while on 24th November many were present at St 

 Andrews. 



The American Wigeon, A7ias ai?iericana. See p. 102. 



The Pintail, Anas acuta. A pair were seen at Vallay on 21st 

 February, and another at North Ronaldshay on 19th April. On 

 15th August an adult and an immature, both females, were shot at 

 Kirwhisp Sandbank, Tay, a flock of thirty-two were on the 

 Bladenoch River, Wigtown Bay, on 15th November, while on 12th 

 December a Pintail duck was shot at Glenorchard. 



The Shoveler, Spatula clypeata. Two were on Duns Castle 

 Lake on 21st September, and about thirty at Mugdrum Is. (Tay) on 

 loth November. 



The Pochard, Nyroca ferina ferina. Fifteen were seen on 

 North Ronaldshay on 22 nd February; last seen Tay Estuary on 9th 

 March, and one at Lerwick on 9th and i6th March. By 24th 

 October there were flocks on Castle Semple Loch. 



The Tufted Duck, Nyroca fuligula. Last seen Tay Estuary 

 on 23rd February, and had returned there by i6th November. 



The Scaup, Nyroca marila marila. A large flock is reported 

 in the Moray Firth on 30th March; last seen Tay Estuary 27th 

 April and Cromarty Firth 14th May. On 8th July an adult drake 

 was seen on an inland loch in Caithness, one at Balgray (Clyde) on 

 6th September, about fifty off Mugdrum Is. on loth November, 

 and some in the sea off Craignarget (Wigtownshire) on 14th 

 November. 



The Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula clangula. Recorded fairly 

 frequently to the end of March ; last seen Tay Estuary 6th April, 

 Cromarty Firth 14th May, and Mochrum Loch on i6th May, these 

 last two records being of immature males. On 8th July about six 



