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1890. Murthly, Perthshire (A.S.JV.JI., 1899, p. 201). 



1891. Sanday, Orkney (A.S.iV.If., 1892, p. 138). 



1S92, North Ronaldshay, Orkney {A.S.JV.B'., 1893, p. 73). 



1893. Doune, Perthshire, great increase as a breeding species 



{A.S.lV.H., 1894, p. 219). 

 1895 (before). Swampy lochs near Tain, Ross-shire {Fauna of the 



Moray Basin, vol. ii., p. 108). 

 1895. Loch Cama, West Sutherland {A Fauna of the JV. W. 



Highlands and Skye, p. 232). 

 1S95. Moray area. Breeding regularly and not uncommonly in 



many parts {A Fautia of the Moray Basin, vol. ii , p. 108). 

 1898. Tiree, breeding regularly {A.S.N.If, 1898, p. 156). 

 1S99 or 1900, River Cairn, Dumfriesshire {Birds of Dumfriesshire, 



p. 271). 

 1900. Tentsmuir, North Fife {A Vertebrate Fauna of Tay a?id 



Strathmore, p. 234). 



1902 (before). Kirkcudbright, nests annually, also in Midlothian, 



Fife, Aberdeen, Inverness {Nat. Hist. Brit. Surface 

 Feeding Ducks, p. 59). 



1903 (several seasons before). Loch of Slains, Aberdeen {A Fauna 



of Dee, p. 148). 



1903. South Uist, Outer Hebrides {A.S.N.H., 1903, p. 245). 



1904. East Lothian {Zoologist, 1904, p. 459). 



1905. Burntisland (near), S. Fife {A.S.N. H., 1906, p. 198). 



1907. Outer Hebrides, increasing (y^.-^.A^ZT., 1907, p 213). 



1908. Tiree, increasing yearly {A.S.N.H, 1908, p. 252). 



1909. Biel, East Lothian {Scot. Nat., 1920, p. 84). 



1910. Threipmuir, Midlothian {Scot. Nat., 1920, p. 84). 



1912. Increasing in Strathmore and elsewhere, as, for instance, at 

 Methven Loch and at Kinnaird {A Vertebrate Fauna of 

 the Tay Basin and Strathmore, p. 234). 



1 91 2. Now nesting most mosses or loughs on the Scottish side of 



the Border {Brit. Birds (mag.), vol. vi., p. 114). 



1913. Morton Loch, North Fife (W. Berry, in litt.). 



191 5. Castle Semple Loch, Renfrewshire, nests annually {Scot. 



Nat., 1915, p. 268). 

 1 9 18 (and before). North Uist, Outer Hebrides {Scot. N'at., 



1919, p. 17). 

 1920. Raith Lake, near Kirkcaldy, S. Fife {L.J.R. and E. V.B.). 



First dates of breeding wfinted : 



. Whitterick Bog, near St Boswells. 



. Hule Moss, near Greenlaw. 



. Kirkcudbright. 



