BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT. 325 
* Fuligula ferina. Pocuarp. 
‘‘During the winter of 1869-70 a male bird was brought to me 
which had just been shot off a pond at Ness.” (Br. p. 15.) 
Mr. Byerzey states, on WEBSTER’s authority, that it is ‘rare, 
but has been shot near Hoylake in flooded meadows.” (Fauna of 
Liverpool, 1854, p. 21.) 
“ Killed on the Dee’ [F.A.] Specimen in Coll. Sir Pyrrs 
Mostyn, Talacre. 
A specimen [Coll. G.M.] was obtained from Manley by Mr. 
Nixon. ’ 
Observed at Maesmor [W.J.K.]; and in Mr. Ruopy’s district, 
* Fuligula cristata. Turrep Duck. 
“ Occasionally met with on the Estuary of the Dee. I have 
seen it on the Dee Marsh, near Puddington.” (Br. p. 15.) 
Has occurred at Eaton. One, an immature female, was shot by 
the DuxkE or WEsTMINSTER, on December 27, 1890, and presented 
by His Grace to the Grosvenor Museum. 
Killed on the shore near Bagillt [A.O.W.] There are two in 
the Talacre Collection. “Noted at Maesmor [W.J.K.]; and Mr. 
Ruppy’s district. ‘Two pairs on the upper waters of the Dee, 
January 29th, 1894.” [T.R.} 
*Fuligula marila. Scavr Duck. 
‘* Ts occasionally shot in the Estuary of the Dee.” (Br. p. 15.) 
The Grosvenor Museum has three specimens, one (immature) 
from the above-mentioned locality (Nov. 14, 1888); and two, male 
and female, from the Conway river, shot by Mr. James Cxurron, 
January 1, 1891. 
The Warrington Museum has a specimen from Walton Reser- 
voir. Srr Pyers Mostyn has one killed at Talacre. 
*Glangula glaucion. GotpEn-rye. 
“From what I am told this is sometimes common on the Estuary 
of the Dee.” (Br. p. 15.) 
A specimen shot on the River Dee, December 4, 1889, was 
presented to the Museum Collection by Lorp ArtHur Grosvenor. 
Another specimen (female) in the Museum, was shot on Oak Mere, 
by Mr. Cooxson, December, 1893; and a third (male, immature), 
was brought to me alive, by a man who had caught it in a gutter 
on the Dee Marsh; I sent it to Mr. Newsrerap for observation 
during life. 
There is a female in the Talacre Collection 
Frequent on the Mersey [R.N.] A specimen in the Warrington 
Museum was taken at Walton Reservoir. 
qinoret at Maesmor [W.J.K.]; Rag [C.H.W.]; and by Mr. 
ODDY. 
