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take a wider range than those of greater experience. These 

 diTclvS are most frequently found on the coast, not far from 

 land, in sheltered bays, or estuaries ; but have been occa- 

 sionally taken in inland counties. Mr. W. Borrer, Jun. sent 

 me notice of an adult male killed in Huntingdonshire, in 

 January 1838. This species has been killed a few times on 

 the south coast of Devonshire ; and Charles Prideaux, Esq. 

 who resides near Kingsbridge, sent me a notice with a colour- 

 ed drawing of a young bird killed in the estuary at Kings- 

 bridge, late in December last. This bird has also been killed 

 on the coast of Dorsetshire. I have more than once obtained 

 young birds in their first winter in the London markets at a 

 low price, being sometimes unknown, and not at that age 

 attractive in colour. It is considered a rare bird, but has 

 been killed on the coasts of Kent, Essex, Suffolk, and Nor- 

 folk. 



Of this bird, on the other side of the Channel, M. Tem- 

 minck says, that it appears rather often on the coast of Hol- 

 land, and occasionally visits the large lakes of Germany. M. 

 Vieillot says that it is rare on the coast of France. Accord- 

 ing to M. Schinz it has been obtained two or three times on 

 the large lakes of Switzerland. A young bird has been taken 

 at Naples ; and in November 1824, a young bird was taken 

 near Pisa ; this species is, therefore, included by M. Savi, in 

 his Birds of Italy. 



To return to our own country, Mr. Selby notices the Long- 

 tailed Duck as a winter visitant to the shores of Durham and 

 Northumberland ; Mr. Heysham has obtained it on the west 

 coast of Cumberland ; and Mr. W. Thompson mentions 

 having procured specimens four Avinters in succession from 

 Belfast Bay. 



Mr. Robert Dunn, in his useful little book, says, " this 

 species, which is there called ' Calloo,' is very plentiful both 

 in Orkney and Shetland, arriving about the middle of 



