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Goosander ( Mergus merganser ), but applies with greater force to 
the common Goldeneye ( Clangula glaucion ). One wintry day in 
February last, when the northeaster was drifting the snowflakes 
into great puff balls on Burgh, we observed flocks of twenty and 
thirty Goldeneyes on the Eden estuary. The same day we noticed 
a gagele of about thirty geese, which proved to be Pinkfooted 
Geese (Anser brachyrynchus). Formerly, our evidence regarding 
this Grey Goose was meagre ; and the credit of determining its 
irregular visits to Rockliffe Marsh remains with that excellent and 
helpful observer, Mr. A. Smith of Castletown. It has occurred 
occasionally on the lower Solway, and also inland, but is on the 
whole a very sparing visitor to our estuaries, where the Bean Goose 
(Anser segetum,) is the only really common Grey Goose at the 
present time. Of greater interest is the fact that last winter 
brought us some examples of Bewick’s Swan ( Cygnus bewichi), a 
single bird being killed on the Solway, and others shot on Ulls- 
water by Mr. W. H. Parkin of Ravencragg. ‘These last, 
together with another shot at Lowther, were examined by 
Mr. Edward ‘Tandy, and received determination at our 
hands whilst still freshly mounted. We are further indebted to 
Mr. Edward Tandy, for bringing to light a recent occurrence of 
the Grey Lag Goose (Anser ferus), now a scarce bird in Cum- 
berland. In taking leave of the Anatide, it is our duty to remark 
that the exceptional immigration to British shores of the Longtailed 
Duck ( Harelda glacialis), to which we were the first to direct 
public attention, affected to some extent the Solway. On and 
after October roth, their presence was noticed at Silloth, and 
before Christmas nearly a score were killed on the English 
side of the firth. We also ascertained, and reported to Mr. R. 
Service, the naturalist in charge of the Scottish Solway, the occur- 
rence of several immature birds on his side of the water. Before 
Christmas, we had ourselves examined in the flesh about half a 
hundred birds of this species. Nearly all of these were immature, 
as were four whose flight and quick diving we watched one 
bleak day last November on the banks of a weird highland loch, 
Present limits forbid that we should dilate either on the Velvet 
