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Proctor found it breeding commonly in Iceland, 

 where Shepherd saw one sharing the nest of a Long- 

 tailed Duck ("N.W. Peninsula of Iceland," p. 151). 

 Dann also found it in considerable numbers on the 

 swampy lakes towards the north of the Bothnian 

 Gulf, near Lulea. See also Wolley's experience 

 as related by Hewitson in the third edition of 

 his "British Birds' Eggs." On February 21, 1895, 

 Lord Lilford received a female Scaup-Duck which 

 was taken in the Borough Fen decoy, near Pea- 

 kirk (Zool., 1896, p. 50), a most unusual occur- 

 rence, as this species hardly ever enters a decoy. 



The so-called American Scaup-Duck, Fuligula 

 mariloides, figured and described by Yarrell, is now 

 generally admitted to be a hybrid. The specimen 

 belonged to H. Doubleday ; and at the sale of his 

 collection in 1871 it was purchased by the late F. 

 Bond, in whose possession I saw it. From an exa- 

 mination of this specimen, I have little doubt that 

 it is a hybrid between Pochard and Scaup-Duck, 

 although this view was not shared by Mr. Bond, 

 who considered it a hybrid between F. ferina and 

 F. ferruginea. The broad bill, however, as well as 

 the dark colour of the head and dorsal plumage, are 

 points which seem to me to indicate a relationship 

 to F. marila. 



The specimen recorded to have been shot on 

 Rollesby Broad, Norfolk (Fisher, Zool., 1845, p. 

 1137; 1847, p. 1778, and figure), is in the pos- 

 session of Mr. J. H. Gurney, who informs me that 

 "it is not the American Scaup-Duck, but the 



