344 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



nigra, shot and dissected by Mr. E. Barfclett, of Maid- 

 stone, in which the brown plumage of the upper parts 

 was replaced by black." 



VELVET SCOTEE. 



(Edemia fiisca (Linnaeus). >S'.]V., i., p. 196 (1766). 



The Velvet Scoter is an occasional winter visitor to 

 the coast of Kent. 



Boys places this bird under the name of Velvet Duck 

 in his Birds of Sandwich, 1792. There is a young male 

 in the Maidstone Museum, obtained on the Lower Med- 

 way, October 11, 1887, by Mr. K. J. Balston. Mr. W. 

 Oxenden Hammond procured it at Wingham ; Mr. C. 

 Gordon at Dover ; Dr. F. Plomley in Eomney Marsh ; 

 Mr. H. Ullyett at Folkestone ; Mr. G. Dowker at Stour- 

 mouth, 1888. 



The Kev. C. H. Fielding mentions " a stuffed speci- 

 men which belonged to a countryman, who captured it 

 when it entered a farmyard at Frindsbury, Kent, to 

 feed." 



Genus MERGUS, Linn^^us. 

 GOOSANDEE. 



Mergiis merganser, Linnaeus. H.N., i., p. 208 (1766). 

 Dun Diver. 



This bird is frequently observed and obtained along the 

 coast and in the estuaries of Kent, but only as a winter 

 visitor. 



Boys adds this bird, under the name of " Dun Diver," 

 to the Birds of Sandioich, 1792. 



There is a specimen in the Canterbury Museum, 

 obtained on the Eiver Stour by Mr. W. Oxenden 



