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returned to Cromarty Firth by August 10th ; first seen, Northum- 

 berland coast, September 9th ; first seeu, Beaulteu ( Hauts_), 

 October 8th ; arrived in numbers, Merioneth, end of October. 



The Shoveler {Spatula clypeata). Four seen, Glen Dam (Renfrew), 

 August 25th ; one, Dee Estuary (Cheshire), September 1st, four 

 on 3rd ; one, Tring Reservoir (Herts), loth, and eleven on 21st ; 

 one, Loch Ryan (Wigtown), 20th; three, Droughton (Peebles), 

 25th ; twenty to thirty, Skene Loch (Dumfries), October 1st ; 

 two, Winsford Flashes (Cheshire), November 2nd; two, Soulaeat 

 Loch (Wigtown), 13th ; seven, Marbury (Cheshire), December 

 21st. 



The Pintail ( Vajila acuta). One arrived, Fair Isle (Shetland), August 

 24th ; a few seen, Beauly Firth, September 2nd ; one shot, Glen- 

 orchard (Stirling), November 12th. 



The Pochard {Fuligida ferina). Increase, Cheshire Meres, August 

 1st; three passing, Doddington (Lincoln), September 13th; in- 

 crease from two to a hundred and three, Linlithgow Loch, between 

 October 1st and November 5th ; three passing, Sutton Coldfield 

 (Warwick), October 16th ; one, Fair Isle (Shetland), October 26th 

 and November 2nd; one passing, Packington (Warwick), 3rd; 

 first seen, Kilmalcolm (Renfrew), 3rd; one shot, Talsarnau 

 (Merioneth), 16th; increase, Rydal (Westmoreland), 18th, de- 

 crease 29th ; increase, near Cambridge, 28th. 



The Tufted Duck {Fuligula cristata). Three arrived, Doddington 

 (Lincoln), September 2nd to 13th ; arrival, Tay Estuary, 22nd ; 

 pair arrived, Packington (Warwick), 22nd to 29th, gone by 

 October 6th, six arrived between October 27th and November 3rd, 

 increase to eight pairs by 10th, decrease 24th ; one, Fair Isle 

 (Shetland), October 7th and 23rd and November 1st and 2nd ; 

 two seen, Sutton Coldfield (Warwick), October 16th ; one seen, 

 Inchkeith (Forth), November 5th and 11th ; decrease, Rydal 

 (Westmoreland), 18th. 



The Scaup Duck {Fuligula marila). Adult male seen, Cheshire Meres, 

 July 19th, 2ist, 26th and 31st, female, November 24th; first 

 seen, Tay Estuary, September 14th ; first seen, Loch Ryan ( Wig- 

 town), 20th ; small flock seen, Johnstone (Renfrew), October 

 17th ; male seen, Packington (Warwick), November 20th. 



The Golden-Eye (Clangula glaucwn). Two seen, Dornoch Firth, 

 July 27th ; small arrivals noted, Scotland, September 26th to 

 November 11th; small flock seen, Johnstone (Renfrew), October 

 17th ; one, Cheshire Meres, 27th, increase November 10th, de- 

 crease December 7th ; two, Agecroft (Lancashire), November 

 14th. 



The Long-Tailed Duck {Harelda glacialis). First seen, Auskerry 

 (Orkney), October 4th, Fair Isle (Shetland), Tarbatness (E. Ross- 



