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frequent occurrence in Scotland, especially on the 

 west coast, and said to breed in the Hebrides 

 (Macgillivray, "Brit. Birds," and Ibis, 1865, p. 

 447), although Mr. H. J. Elwes, who spent two 

 months in the Hebrides during the nesting season 

 of 1868, made special search for this species 

 without seeing it {Ibis, 1869, p. 22); and Col. 

 Feilden and Mr. Harvie-Brown, who visited the 

 Long Island in the summer of 1870, were also un- 

 successful in their search for it. Dr. Dewar, how- 

 ever, found it breeding in North Uist in 1858, and 

 shot a female ojff the nest (Gray, " Birds of the 

 West of Scotland," p. 403). It has been found 

 nesting in Sutherlandshire (ZooL, 1868, pp. 1309, 

 1424), and Argyllshire. (See Hamilton Buchanan, 

 Froc. Roy. Fhys. Soc. Edin., v. p. 189, and 

 Booth, " Rough Notes on British Birds.") In 

 May 1871, Mr. Harv'ie-Brown received fresh eggs 

 of this bird from the north of Perthshire. The 

 nest, as he informs me, was placed in the hollow of 

 an old tree, and the eggs were taken on or about 

 the 20th of May. In July 1871, a female Goos- 

 ander with a brood was seen on Loch Awe [Field, 

 July 29 and August 12, 1871). In May 1876, 

 Mr. Osgood Mackenzie found a Goosander's nest 

 containing nine eggs in Ross-shire, on the Fiona 

 Loch {Field, May 20, 1876). 



Weight, 3 lbs. 12 oz. to 4 lbs., varying according 

 to sex and age, and exceeding that of the Merganser 

 by 1 lb. to li lb. 



