158 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



at a little distance it looks not unlike a female 

 Golden-Eye. One was killed at tlie mouth of the 

 Wareham river, January 3, 1879, by a well-known 

 puntsman named Charles Orchard. It was swim- 

 ming with a lot of Pochards at the time, Mr. Hart, 

 who preserved it, states that it was in fine plumage. 



SCAUP. Fidigula viarila, (L.) 



Yarrell, iy, p. 423; Harfmg, ix 64; Dvesser, vi. p. 565; See- 

 bolim, iii. p. 579 ; Ihis List, p. 129 ; Anas marila, Pulteney's 

 Lid, p. 20. 



The Scaup is a winter visitant, but although it has 

 been occasionally killed at Poole, Weymouth, and 

 Abbotsbury, it must be reckoned among our rarer 

 Ducks. Its local name at Weymouth and Poole is 

 " Curre." Pulteney says of it : — " This bird is very 

 rare in Dorsetshire ; one shot in Lytchett Bay had 

 the craw full of young periwinkles." 



TUFTED DUCK. Fuligula crisiafa, (Leacli). 



Yarrell, W. p. 430; Harting, p. 66; Dresser, vi, p. 573; See- 

 hohm, iii. p. 583; Ihis List, p. 129; Anas fuligula, Pul- 

 teney's List, p. 20. 



Like the last-named, the Tufted Duck is a winter 

 visitant, and of more frequent occurrence. It is 

 often found associating with the Golden-Eye, and 

 sometimes remains until quite late in the spring. I 

 have the authority of Professor Newton for stating 

 that it nested in this county in 1876. (See The 



