BIRDS. 91 



Anas fusca. (Penn.) The Velvet Scoter. 



This bird, so rarely met with inland, was killed by the 

 Eev. J. Smith at Willington some years ago (1865). 

 FuUgula ferina. (Steph.) The Pochard. 



Has been killed several times on the Trent in hard 

 weather. 

 FuUgula cristata. (Steph.) The Tufted Duck. 



Specimens killed on the Trent, at Newton Solney, 

 1879 and 1880, also Eev. John Wadham shot one 

 at Weston, December 28, 1874. 

 Anas glacialis. (Penn.) The Long-tailed Duck. 



A specimen killed near Twyford is now in the collec- 

 tion of Sir John Crewe, Bart. 

 Anas clangula. (Pennant.) Goldeneye. 



A specimen recorded by Mr. E. A. Brown at Burton, 

 in 1881 ; and this bird has been seen at Twyford 

 frequently, one shot at Weston, December 16, 1874. 

 Mergus albellus. (Penn.) The Smew. 



Killed by my brother (the late Mr. Francis Worthing- 

 ton) at the Hargate, in 1869. 



FAMILT-COLYMBID^. 

 Mergus Merganser. (Penn.) Goosander. 



Newton Solney in 1879-80. 

 Vodicejjs cornutus. (Lath.) The Sclavonian Grebe. 



Shot at Newton Solney, in 1860. 

 Podiceps ruhricollis. (Lath ) Eed-necked Grebe. 



A pair of these birds nested at Willington a few years 

 ago ; and the late Eev. F. M. Spilsbury took a couple 

 of the eggs. (W. G.) 

 Podiceps minor. (Lath.) The Little Grebe. 



Frequent on the Old Trent and Eepton Park Pool. 



