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The Pintail, A^ias acuta.- A Pintail was shot at Banchory 

 in January, about a hundred were in Wigtown Bay on 27th 

 February, and two on the Clyde near Hamilton on ist March. 

 One at Fair Isle on i6th and i8th July, two were shot out of 

 four seen on Newbigging Mill Pond, Lauderdale, on 9th September, 

 our recorder adds: "New to Lauderdale" (i. 1914, 237). Three 

 were at Ardnamurchan on loth September, one was killed and 

 the wing and leg were sent. 



The Shoveller, Spatula clypeata. — A drake Shoveller is 

 reported from Inchkeith on 22nd February and one from that 

 lantern on 28th February, while on ist March five were on Bishop 

 Loch, Lanark. A female was on Kilconquhar Loch on i6th 

 November, two pairs on the River Kelvin, at Summerston, on 

 22nd November, and three at Ravenstone, Glasserton, on 3rd 

 December. 



The Pochard, Nyroca ferina ferina. — A male was at Inchkeith 

 on 20th February, fifteeen on Loch M'Gillie (Solway) on 6th 

 March, two at Fair Isle on 25th March, and two drakes and two 

 ducks at Sule Skerry on 25th May. A Pochard visited Fair Isle on 

 8th and 9th July, on 20th July twenty, mostly immature, were on 

 Soulseat Loch, Inch, eleven at Barnbarroch, Kirkinner, on 3rd 

 October, and hundreds on Kilconquhar Loch (Fife) on 7th 

 October, " the most we've ever seen there." 



The Tufted Duck, Nyroca fuHgula. — Single birds are recorded 

 from Lerwick on nth February and Fair Isle on 7th May, a 

 duck and drake from Lerwick on 17th May, and a duck at this 

 station on 7th September. 



The Scaup, Nyroca marila marila. — On 10th January a few 

 Scaup were on Loch M'Gillie (Inch), and on 14th March numbers 

 were still on the Clyde. About twenty, mostly immature, were on 

 Monreith Loch, Mochrum, on 27th August, four at Lerwick on 

 1 8th September, four at Tayport, and one at Fair Isle on 3rd 

 October, one in Largo Bay on 6th October, and two at Fair Isle 

 on 2nd November. Quite two hundred and fifty were in the 

 sea off Port William on 21st November, and three were found 

 dead between Leith and Joppa after the big December storm. 



The Goldeneve, Bucephala clatigula clangula. — Some movement 



