466 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



fish shop at Redcar, and was told it had been killed near 

 the Teesmouth. 



Two were seen, and one was shot, on 3rd October 1878, 

 by the late Rev. H. Smith, on Coatham Marsh {Zool. 1879, 

 p. 211 ; and Field, 15th February 1879). 



And Major W, B. Arundel of Ackworth, writing on 20th 

 April 1903, says " A pair of adults in excellent plumage 

 was secured lately near here. The irides of the female 

 were slatey brown." In a later communication my corres- 

 pondent writes that two pairs were noticed, one of which 

 remained all the summer and the following winter (See also 

 Zool. 1904, p. 33). 



TUFTED DUCK. 



Fuligula cristata (Leach). 



Winter visitant ; not uncommon on the coast in some severe 

 seasons. Occasionally occurs inland, and nests in one or two localities. 



The first reference to this species in Yorkshire is, apparently, 

 that in Fothergill's Wensleydale list (1823), where it is 

 enumerated amongst the birds of that district. 



Thomas Allis, 1844, wrote : — 



Fuligiila cristata. — Tufted Duck — Frequent near Doncaster ; is 

 met with near Barnsley, Huddersfield, and Leeds ; it is scarce near 

 Halifax, but a male was shot in January 1832, and a male and female 

 on the loth March 1836; at times abundant near York. Arthur 

 Strickland remarks that the Tufted Duck, Scaup Duck, and Golden- 

 eye, though comparatively scarce to what they used to be, are not 

 uncommonly met with in winter. 



The Tufted Duck occurs as a winter visitant, arriving 

 late in October in small parties, and is more numerous in 

 severe winters than in mild seasons. It is found sparingly 

 distributed on the coast, in the harbours, and the Tees and 

 Humber estuaries, but is never very numerous, associating 

 sometimes with Scaups and Golden-eyes. Females and 

 immature males are well known on the river Hull near Beverley, 

 where, in the winter of 1864-65, the species was more than 



