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Orkney 

 Sutherland 

 Outer Hebrides 



Shetland 



Orkney 



Moray 



Tay . 



Tweed 



Outer Hebrides 



Sutherland 

 Shetland . 



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Sill 1 LAND 



I I KM V 



Swans. 



N. Ronaldshay, Oct. 15, flock of 30 Whoopers 

 (Cygnus musicus) crossing the island to west. 



Thurso, March 25, Whooper seen; April 9th, 

 young male shot. 



Barra Head, Dec. 7, Swan shot, supposed to 

 be a young specimen of C. bewicki. 



Ducks. 



Teal (Querquedula C7'ecca), Dunrossness, in 



numbers about Oct. 8, with Widgeon. 

 Tufted Duck (Fuligula c?'istata), Sept. 17, a few 



in Quendale Bay. 

 Longtailed Duck (Ha?-elda glacial is), Oct. 1 7, 



in hundreds off coast at- Quendale. 

 Pochard (Fuligula ferina\ N. Ronaldshay, Nov. 



14. 

 Tufted Duck, Oct. 10. 

 Golden Eye (Clangala glaucion), Nov. 2. 

 Longtailed Duck, Nov. 2, in large numbers. 

 Ruddy Sheldrake (Tadonia casarca), Findhorn 



estuary, Oct. 19, see "Annals/' 

 Tufted Duck, Newport, Fife, Sept. 12. 

 Tufted Duck, nest with eggs in Selkirkshire, 



July, see "Annals." 

 Pochard, Rodel, June 5, a pair remaining to 



breed. 

 Pintail (Dafila acuta), Rodel, Oct. 29. 

 Longtailed Duck, a pair seen daily in May, Min- 



galay. 



Turtur communis (Turtle Dove). 

 Male shot near Wick June 7. 



Rallus aquaticus (Water Rail). 



Loch Hillwell, Sept. 28 ; Mousa, Oct. 20, "be- 

 lieved t<> breed in Shetland." 



\. Ronaldshay, in large numbers during the 

 winter; firstseen \'<>v. «» : most of them dis- 

 appeared by I >ec. «). 



ana maruetta (Spotted Cral 



One seen near Lerwick, Sept. 21 ; -aid to be not 



un< < Mini Km between September a ml Nfov< mber. 

 One killed and another .seen. \. Ronaldshay, 

 Sept 27. 



