104 THE BIRDS OF DEVONSHIRE. 



RED-CRESTED POCHARD.— i^w%?//a rufina (Pall). 



A RAEE visitant. " A very beautiful Mallard 

 specimen " is recorded by Mr. G. F. Mathew as 

 shot near Braunton, December 20th, 1867 (Zool. 

 1868. p. 1098). 



POCHARD.— i^i%M/rt/mV?« (Linn). 



A wiNTEE visitant, of pretty frequent occurrence in 

 the southern estuaries. Baron A. von Hiigel 

 records an adult male killed in Torbay in December, 

 the Earl of Morley informs me of a specimen in his 

 possession from the river Plym, I have another 

 from S. Devon, and the bird is represented in most 

 local series of wild-fowl. 



WHITE-EYED DUCK.— Fw%m/« nyroca (Giild). 



A RAEE visitant. Mr. H. Nicholls informs me that 

 he has a specimen of the Ferruginous Duck, shot at 

 Slapton Ley, November 25th, 1874. It is perhaps 

 to this bird that Mr. H. Saunders refers, when he 

 says ; " Mr. Gatcombe is aware of but one instance 

 of the occurrence of a young bird of this species in 

 Devonshire" (Yarrell. B.B. Vol. 4. p. 419). 



TUFTED B^JQK.—FuUgula cristata (Leach). 

 A WINTEE visitant. Montagu states that the Tufted 

 Duck, " Pied "or " Black Wigeon,'' was frequently 

 shot on Slapton Ley in his day (Suppl. 1813). 

 Dr. Moore adds in 1837 : '' Frequently shot on 

 Slapton Ley, and found in the markets in winter.'' 



