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158. Scaup. Fuligula marila. 



Fairly common in winter. A female shot. 



159. Tufted Duck. Fuligula cristata. 



More plentiful on the rush-covered ponds than on the 

 lagoons. A male shot, 



160. GoLDENEYE. CAungula glaucion. 



A female seen in December and February. The only ex- 

 amples noticed were males, in small parties of from four 

 to eight. I observed also one of the Scoters, either CEdemia 

 nigra or CE. fusca. 



161. White-headed Duck. Erismatura leucocephala. 

 The first of these curious Ducks I shot on 14th April ; it was 



a male. On the 7th of May, in the same pond, I noticed 

 two males and three females. The males were rushing after 

 one another, every now and then stopping short beside the 

 females, and hoisting their very peculiar tails straight in the 

 air, spreading out every feather to its utmost, until the tails 

 looked exactly like a hand with all the fingers spread out. 

 They were still in the same place on 28th May, and, no 

 doubt, had nests. 



162. Red-breasted Merganser. Mergus serrator. 



A few pairs seen on the west coast from November to the 

 end of January. 



163. Great Crested Grebe. Podice.ps cristatus. 



A few seen on tlie lagoons during the winter. One shot 

 on 7th March was in good breeding-plumage. 



164. Eared Grebe. Podiceps nigricolUs. 



Very common on the lagoons during the winter. Shot 

 one of a jiair in full breeding*pluraage on 19th ApriL Saw 

 another pair on 18th May. 



165. Little Grebe. Tachybaptes fiuviatilis. 



Not uncommon during the winter. Last noticed 24th 

 April. 



166. Common Tern. Sterna fluviatilis. 



Fairly common in winter about the port of Ajaccio. A 

 few noticed on the lagoons. 



