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WiGEON {Anas pe7ielojje). — Although the extension of 

 its breeding-range to the northern confines of the Border 

 area had already been recorded, yet, by sheer ill-luck, 

 I had personally failed to see a single Wigeon actually 

 nesting in this region, despite prolonged search during 

 several springs. This year, however. I succeeded in 



WIGEON IN MAY — WILL THEY STAY ? 



(Grindon Lough, Northumberland, May 9.) 



(Drawn by A. Chapman.) 



disco\ering it breeding at nine different moorland lochs 

 — four in Roxburgh, five in Sellvirkshire. Several of 

 these lochs had but a single pair each : others two or 

 three : while certain larger sheets boast quite consider- 

 able colonies. These, however, include many immature 



