ANSERES. 



( 130 ) 



ANA riDM. 



THE SMEW. 



PIED SMEW, SMEE DUCK, WHITE NUN, WHITE-HEADED 



GOOSANDER, PIED DIVER, LOUGII DIVER, 



VARE WIGEON. 



Mergus albellus. 



cautious wafer-fowl , from distant climes. 



Wordsworth. 



The Smew is a rare winter visitor to the coast of Berwick- 

 shire, and has been obtained only once in the interior of the 

 county, a specimen in Kelso Museum having been killed 

 at the Hirsel, near Coldstream.^ An adult male in full 

 plumage was shot at Eyemouth a few years previous to 

 1880, and is now in my possession, having been kindly 

 presented to me by Mr. Evan Sanderson, Berwick -on - 

 Tweed. 



1 Mr. Hardy's MS. Notes. 



