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June rsth, 1843, a remarkable date for this northern bird to 
have been found so far to the south. From his description, this 
specimen appears to have been in almost complete summer 
plumage. It had one white scapular feather, and a few white 
feathers on the crown of the head, and on the back of the neck ; 
the white feathers remaining on the head and neck were about a 
quarter of an inch longer than the others. 
EIDER DUCK, Somateria mollissima.—An occasional winter visitor; 
rare. We saw some adults of this beautiful bird in the Stack- 
pole collection, that had been obtained at Stackpole, or on the 
coast between Stackpole and Tenby. Mr. Dix mentions an 
immature male that had been shot near Pembroke, as also being 
in Lord Cawdor’s collection, and an adult male, which he 
believes had been killed in Carmarthenshire. A young male 
Eider was shot at Dale, January 18th, 1891. 
SCOTER, @demia nigra.—A winter visitor; not rare. Mr. Dix 
states that immature birds are not uncommon on the coast. 
Numbers are seen occasionally in Goodwick Bay. Sir Hugh 
Owen shot one off the pier head at Goodwick. 
VELVET SCOTER, @demia fusca. — A rare winter visitor. 
Mr. Mathias has told us of one that was brought into Tracy’s 
shop at Pembroke many years ago. Six were seen in Good- 
wick Bay on November 16, 1886, as we were informed by Sir 
Hugh Owen. Mr. Charles Jefferys informs us that one was 
picked up exhausted on the shore at Tenby, in December, 
1889, and brought to him alive. ‘This species can readily be 
distinguished, with glasses, at some considerable distance on the 
water, owing to the white speculum on the wings. 
GOOSANDER, MMereus merganser.—A regular winter visitor; not 
uncommon. One shot by Mr. W. Summers on the lake at 
Heathfield in the early spring of 1884, was sent to us, and 
although infested by a large parasite was in good condition; it 
was a female. Heathfield is several miles from the coast. 
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