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VELVET SCOTER.—As exclusively a sea duck as the last,! but 
not nearly so common. A Lincolnshire naturalist says 
it is much rarer north of the Wash. 
[HarLeQuin Duck.—This is a very doubtful Norfolk 
bird ; there is, however, a specimen in the Norwich 
Museum, presented in 1839, and entered in the 
donation-book as killed at Yarmouth. ] 
GoLDEN Eye.—A rather favourite place for golden-eyes is 
the backwater at Cley beach, where they may easily 
be approached under cover of the sea-wall. Young 
ones are common, and I have known them shot in- 
land, but fine old drakes are never seen before Christ- 
mas, and are considered rare. 
BUFFLE-HEADED Duckx.—An adult male, the first killed in 
England, was shot at Yarmouth in 1830, and Is in the 
possession of Mr. Robert Rising.” 
LonG-TAILED Duck.—Young birds are not uncommon 
and I have known several killed at Blakeney. The 
Rev. S. Micklethwaite has in his collection a long- 
tailed duck, shot on Hickling “ Broad” in the spring, 
in full breeding plumage.® 
STELLER’S Duck.—A magnificent male was shot near Yar- 
mouth, in 1830, the same severe winter which produced 
the buffle-headed duck, and the hooded merganser (?), 
and in July of the following year was presented to the 
1 As an exception to the general rule may be mentioned a fine old 
drake in my father’s collection, obtained at Costessey, on the Wensum, 
164 miles from the sea. 
2 Two others must not be passed over without mention, though there 
is little doubt there was some mistake in identification. One is recorded 
by the Rev. F. O. Morris (‘ Brit. Birds,”’ vol. v., p. 268), and the other 
by Mr. J. E. Gray (‘‘ Brit. Animals in British Museum,” pt. ili., 
p- 226). 
3 It has also been obtained in breeding plumage at Aldeburgh in 
Suffolk (‘ Zoologist,’’ 1872, p. 3,306), but in this state must be con- 
sidered exceedingly rare. 
