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LOCAL SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND 

 MEMORANDA. 



Wildfowl near Carlisle.— Examples of the following species 

 were shot during the Autumn of 1883, and the Spring of 1884, the 

 weather being very open, and fowl unusually wild : — Bernicle 

 Goose, Bean Goose, Sheldrake, Goosander, Mallard, Shoveller, 

 Wigeon, Scaup, Tufted-Duck, Common Scoter, Goldeneye, Long- 

 tailed Duck, Teal, and Garganey Teal. 



In addition to the foregoing, most of which I saw on many 

 occasions, I twice met with single Pintails (one drake and one 

 duck). Grey Lag Geese visited the Esk, and a Great Crested 

 Grebe was shot on the Eden near Carlisle. 



In 1883, the first Wigeon were shot on Burgh Marsh on 

 September 22nd. Bernicle Geese arrived on October 6th, 1883, 

 and lingered until April 19th, 1884. 



H. A. Macpherson (Carlisle). 



The Longtailed Duck. — When visiting Monkhill Lough on 

 Januarj' 24th, 1884, I was pleased to find an example of this 

 northern species (which rarely visits Cumberland,) harbouring at 

 the narrow extremity of this small piece of water. Though 

 frequently fired at, it continued to haunt the Lough until March 



