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are rare." This must refer to Goldeneyes which were 

 in the winter plumage and young males. Morris records 

 an immature bird that was shot at Swanscombe, in Kent, 

 in 1847. The following specimens are in the Maidstone 

 Museum : A female, shot by Mr. J. Covenay, at Holling- 

 bourne, January, 1881 ; a male, by Mr. H. Kennard, at 

 Linton, January 18, 1888 ; a female, by Mr. H. Payne, 

 at Sheerness, December 20, 1890 ; a female, by the Rev. 

 H. W. Trower, at Boxley, January 20, 1891. 



It has also been procured by Mr. G. Dowker at Stour- 

 mouth in 1886-89 ; Mr. W. Oxenden Hammond at 

 Wingham; Mr. C. Gordon at Dover; Mr. H. Ullyett 

 at Folkestone ; Dr. F. Plomley in Romney Marsh. 



Mr. H. Elgar, writing on January 25, 1907, says : 

 " Mr. E. Hills came in yesterday to tell me of the occur- 

 rence of a Goldeneye on the Len, at the bottom of 

 his garden, in the Ashford Road, Maidstone." 



Genus HARELDA, Stephens. 



LONG-TAILED DUCK. 



Harelda glacialis (Linnaeus). /S.iV., i., p. 203 

 (1766). 



This is a rare winter visitor to the coast of Kent, and 

 then only in very severe weather. 



The Rev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, in 1844, states that 

 "there are two specimens of this duck in Dr. F. 

 Plomley 's collection." Mr. W. Oxenden Hammond 

 obtained it at Rye. There is a pair of Kentish specimens 

 in the Maidstone Museum from Mr. G. Simmons' collec- 

 tion. Mr. G. Dowker states that "the Long-tailed 

 Duck is very rare indeed as a Kent bird." 



