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which the species has heen known to nest for at least thirty- 

 five years. In 1851 Messrs A. and E. Newton were informed 

 by the bailiff of Lord Galway that a pair had annually 

 reared a brood at Serlby for the past two or three years ; 

 and in 1854, Mr. F. Foljambe described an authenticated 

 nest with eggs, found at Osberton. At present its head- 

 quarters appear to be on the j)onds at Newstead Abbey, 

 Rain worth, Clumber, Welbeck, Rufford, &c., and several 

 ornithologists, including the Editor, have had excellent 

 opportunities for observing the birds during the breeding- 

 season on the Rainworth w^aters, the property of Mr. J. 

 Whitaker.* During the last few years this species has 

 spread to South Yorkshire, several pairs having been found 

 breeding at Wentworth Park; and in the north-western 

 portion of that county it has bred on Malham Tarn. In 

 Lancashire, Mr. R. J. Howard found it nesting at Woodfold 

 Park in July 1884, some of the young birds being sub- 

 sequently captured, pinioned and turned down again, by 

 Mr. Daniel Thwaites, the proprietor. In Northumberland it 

 has been known to nest on several occasions. Westward, it 

 probably breeds on the meres of Stafi^ordshire and Shrop- 

 shire ; and in the south, Mr. W. Borrer has recorded broods 

 near Horsham and West Grinstead, in Sussex. On the 

 east side of England the fact of its nesting in Norfolk was 

 first authenticated by Lord Walsingham in May 1876, 

 since which date it has considerably increased both in 

 numbers and distribution. 



In Scotland the first announcement was given by the late 

 Mr. A. B. Brooke, who met with broods on Butterston Loch, 

 Perthshire ; and since then it has evidently increased, 

 numbers now breeding on Loch Leven. In Ireland, where 

 the Tufted Duck is very numerous in winter, it is known 

 to nest in several localities ; in the north, the Rev. G. 

 Robinson and Major E. A. Butler supply evidence that it 

 does so on Lough Neagh, and Lough Beg ; and Mr. R. 

 Evatt of Mount Louise, co. Monaghan, informed Sir R. 



* Further details will be found in Messi«. Sterland and Whitaker's 'Birds 

 of Nottinghamshire,' pp. 57-63. 



