BIRDS OBSERVED IN PURBECK. 73 



250. Black Scoter, Oidemia nigra. 



Not uncommon. In the month of November, 1840, 

 I saw a specimen which had been killed in ^oole 

 harbour; and another during the winter of 1855-6. 

 In the early part of the year 1851, I observed one 

 rise from the water at Durleston Head. 



252. Common Pochard, Fuligula ferina, 



A winter visitor. Common in severe seasons. 



255. Scaup Duck. Fuligula Marila. 



A regxdar winter visitor, and not uncommon. 



256. Tufted Pochard, Fuligula cristata, 



A winter visitor. Is common in the harbour, and 

 frequents the Wareham river. 



257. Golden-Eye, Clangula chrysophthalmoa. 



A frequent winter visitor. 



259. Long-tailed Hareld, Harelda glacialis. 



An occasional winter visitor. In the spring of 1840, 

 I obtained two young specimens of this bird, which 

 had been killed in Poole harbour during the previous 

 winter. I ascertained their local name to be "King 

 and Queen." 



260. Goosander, Mergus Merganser, 



Occasional winter visitant. 



261. Red-breasted Merganser, Mergtis Serrator. 



A winter visitor: not uncommon. I find a note of one 

 that was killed in Poole harbour, or its neighbour- 

 hood, about the 19th of April, 1840. 



263. Smew, Mergus alhellus. 



An occasional visitant in severe winters. 



264. Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristaius. 



Not uncommon. 



266. Sclavonian Grebe, Podiceps comiUus, 



A specimen in the collection of L. Lester, Esq. was 

 killed at Ame in the month of February, 1855. 



268. Little Grebe, or Dab-chick, Podiceps minor. 

 Common in the river Frome. 



