POCHAED 339 



There is an immature male in the Maidstone Museum, 

 shot by Mr. H. Payne at Sheerness, February 14, 1889. 

 Mr. K. J. Balston shot one in the park at Clare House, 

 Mailing, about 1879. 



SCAUP. 



Fidigula marila (Linn^us). B.N., i., p. 196 (1776). 



A winter visitor to the sea-coast and estuaries of Kent, 

 but not an abundant species like some of the other ducks. 



Boys includes it in the Birds of Sandwich, 1792, and 

 the Kev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, in 1844, states that it 

 is common in Romney Marsh ; Mr. C. Gordon at Dover; 

 Dr. F. Plomley in Romney Marsh ; Mr. H. Ullyett at 

 Folkestone. Mr. G. Dowker obtained it in the Stour- 

 mouth district in 1885. 



An immature male was obtained by Mr. H. Kennard, 

 at East Farleigh, Kent, January 29, 1879, and Mr. H. 

 Payne shot a female at Sheerness, December 31, 1890, 

 and a male at Gillingham, January 18, 1894. These three 

 birds are in the Maidstone Museum. 



POCHARD. 



Fuligida ferina (Lmnxus). S.N., l, p. 203 (1766). 



Dun-Bird. 



The Pochard is another winter visitor to the sea-coast 

 and estuaries, and at times it finds its way to some of 

 the larger inland lakes and ponds in Kent. 



Boys adds the Pochard, or Dun-Bird, to the Birds of 

 Sandivich, 1792. The Rev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, in 1844, 

 says it is " common in Romney Marsh." Lord Clifton, 

 writing from Cobham Hall, Kent, January 24, 1867, says : 



