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Devon," 3Tag. Not. Hist, 1837, p. 360. According to 

 Mr. Gateombe, this was a young Long-tailed Duck. 



One, Yarmoutli : Paget, " Sketch Nat. Hist, Yarmouth," 

 p. 12. Doubtful. See "Stevenson," vol. iii. p. 219. 



One, Oulton Park, Cheshire, Dec. 1840 : Yarrell, 3rd ed., 

 vol. iii. p. 366. Yarrell did not see this bird, for it was 

 not preserved, but heard of it from Agassiz, who was 

 on a visit to Sir P. Egerton at Oulton Park, when 

 it was shot. See Gurney, " Rambles of a Naturalist," 

 p. 267. Very likely a young Golden-eye. 



One, included in Sinclair's " Catalogue of the Birds of 

 Caithness;" as also in Shearer and Osborne's List, 

 Proc. Hoy. Phys. Soc. Edivh., ii. p. 340 ; Gray, " Birds 

 West of Scotland," p. 394. 



Two, Torquay, winter 1846: Battersby, ZooL, 1847, p. 

 1697. Proved to be the young of the Long-tailed 

 Duck: A. Newton, Ihis, 1859, p. 165. 



One, Banffshire, autumn, 1851 : E. Newton, Zool., 1852, 

 p. 3331. Also proved to be a Long-tailed Duck: A. 

 Newton, I.e. 



One, Loch of Strathbeg, " a few winters since : "' Edward, 

 Nat, 1854, p. 242. Not preserved, and very doubtful. 



One near Coleshill, Warwickshire, April 7, 1857 : Foggit, 

 Nut., 1857, p. 163. Proved to be a female Scaup: 

 Buckley, Nat, 1858, p. 124 ; A. Newton, I.e. 



One, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, 1858 : Ross King, " Sports- 

 man and Naturalist in Canada," p. 231; and R. Gray, 

 op. cit, p. 394. 



One, captured in decoy, Hornby Castle, Bedale, about 

 1860 : Clarke and Roebuck, " Yorks. Vert.," p. 58. 



One, Filey, Yorkshire, autumn 1862 : Clarke and Roebuck, 

 " Handbook Yorks. Vert.," p. 58. In the collection of 

 Mr. Whitaker, of Rainworth. 



Two young males, coast of Northumberland near the 

 Fame Islands, Dec. 2, 1886 : two others seen at the 

 same time : Julian Tuck, Zoot, 1887, pp. 70, 159, 

 196. 



