DUCKS 2 5 1 



Sir William Alexander, near Kells, Co. Meath, in 

 Dec, 1889, and one on the Shannon near Athlone in 

 Jan. 1893 {Zool, 1893, p. 106). 



A specimen of the Ferruginous Duck, known also 

 as the White-eyed Pochard, sent from Yarmouth by 

 Dawson Turner, is figured in Sowerby's " British 

 Miscellany," 1806, tab. xxi. 



A hybrid between F. ferruginea and F. ferina 

 obtained on Rollesby Broad in Feb. 1845 [Zool., 

 1845, p. 1137), is figured in Messrs. Gurney and 

 Fisher's account of Norfolk birds [Zool., 1846, p. 

 1379), and others have been since recorded. 



Weight, 1 lb. 6 oz. 



SCAUP-DUCK. Fuligula marila (Linnseus). PL 29, 

 figs. 3, 4. Length, 18 in. ; bill, 1*75 in. ; wing, 9'25 

 in. ; tarsus, 1"5 in. 



So named from its habit of frequenting the 

 beds of mussels, called scalp or scaup, on which 

 it feeds. A maritime species, seldom coming in- 

 land except in very hard weather. As a winter 

 visitant it is not uncommon on the north-eastern 

 coasts. The majority disappear in March, but it 

 is believed that a few pairs remain to breed on 

 some of the lochs. It is reported to have nested 

 in Sutherlandshire (see Selby, on the Birds of 

 Sutherland, Edhib. New Phil. Journ., vol. xx. p. 

 293; Harvie-Brown, Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg., 

 1875, p. 120 ; and Heatley Noble, Aim. Scot. N. H., 

 1899, p. 215), and also on Loch Leven, Kinross-shire 

 (Stark, Proc. Roy. Phijs. Soc. Edinh., vii. p. 203). 



