The Scottish Naturalist. 



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£153 Polish Swan 



154 Whooper or Wild 

 Swan 

 ^155 Bewick's Swan 



156 Common Sheldrake 

 ^157 Ruddy Sheldrake .. 



158 Wild Duck 

 £159 Gadwall 

 £160 Shoveller, ... 



161 Teal 

 <£i62 Garganey Teal 



163 Pintail 

 £164 Wigeon 

 £165 Pochard ... 



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153. Polish Swan. —Recorded from Strathbeg (Mr. Horn in Proc. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc, Glasgow, 1880, p. 254.) 



155. Bewick's Swan. — Two on the Tay, near Dundee, 21st Oct., 1880. 



157. Ruddy Sheldrake. — One was trapped at Barry, Forfarshire, in 

 a burrow, in 1872 ; and another was shot there in April, 1887, by Mr. A. 

 M'Andrew, and is now in the P.S.N. S. Museum in Perth. Mr. Marshall, of 

 Arbroath, who had the bird in the flesh, and preserved it, has informed me 

 that at least three or four have passed through his hands, got at the same place. 



159. Gadwall. — Mr. Gray mentions this bird as found in Perth and in 

 Aberdeen— (Bds. W. Scot., p. 366.) 



160. Shoveller. — Breeds regularly at Methven and elsewhere in Perth- 

 shire. 



162 Garganey Teal. — The late Mr. George Don alludes to this bird as 

 found on Forfar Loch ; and Dr. Macgillivray notices it from Montrose Basin. 

 Mr. Harvie Brown states that it has been shot at Kincardine-on-Forth, by Mr. 

 Singer of that place— (Gray, Bds. W. Scot., p. 372). Mr. Horn (Proc. N. H. 

 Soc, Glasgow, 1880, p. 254) mentions it as having been seen on Loch of 



164. "Wigeon- — This bird is now known to breed in Rannoch ; and a 

 nest and eggs were sent to me from there last spring (1886), and are deposited in 

 the P.S.N.S. Museum, Perth. A female from the same spot was sent to me in 

 the first week of August, on the opening of the shooting season, and is also in 

 the Perthshire Nat. Soc. Museum, in Perth. Hitherto its breeding localities 

 in Scotland have only been noticed in the Western Islands, Orkney, parts of 

 Aberdeenshire, and the extreme Northern Counties. Mr. J. Macdonald, game- 

 keeper, Rannoch Lodge, informs me that eight or twelve pairs breed in Ran- 

 noch regularly every year on Loch Eoch, Dirdownie, and north-west shore and 

 islands of Loch Lyden, and that he has known six or seven to stay on Loch 

 Eoch alone. This is the experience of upwards of ten years. 



165. Pochard. — Breeds in several lochs in Perthshire. 



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