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has been met with in this country, comparatively a 

 very rare visitor. 



SCAUP DUCK— (i^////;^///^ viarila). 



Spoon-bill Duck. — A •winter visitor, and not an 

 unusual one, although its numbers are never such as 

 to commend it to notice in the same way as the Wild 

 Duck, the Dunbird, the Wigeon, and some others. It 

 breeds commonly in Iceland, but never in Britain. 



TUFTED DUCK— (i^z^//;^///^ cristatd). 



Another constant winter visitor, and as well or 

 better known than the Scaup. Like the Scaup Duck 

 it usually prefers oozy or muddy estuaries and their 

 customary accompaniments. But I have met with it 

 here in the narrow, rapid trout-stream which runs 

 through this part of the country, and at a distance of 

 not less than nine or ten miles from the sea. It breeds 

 sparingly in Holland and in more northerly countries. 



GOLDEN YXY.—{Clangiila glaucion ; formerly, 

 Fuligiila clangida). 



Brown-headed Duck, Grey-headed Duck, Pied 

 Wigeon, Golden-eyed Wigeon, Duck, or Toal, Morillon, 

 Ilattlewings. — As well known and as connnon as per- 

 haps either the Scaup or the Tufted Duck, but known 

 by different names according to the state of plumage 

 depending on sex and age, females and young birds 

 being much more common than adult males. As not 

 known to breed in England, no notice of nest or e^^o-s 

 can bo iuhcrted here. In the Appendix, however, a 



