236 BIRDS OF MIDDLESEX. 



back, and a white bar across the wmg. Examples 

 are occasionally seen in the London market, hanging 

 up with other wild fowl, but are probabl}'' imported 

 to this country from Holland. 



So far as I am aware, the Ferruginous Duck has 

 only once occurred in Middlesex, if we except the 

 birds seen b}^ Mr. Hussej^* which it is not certain 

 were not escaped and semi-domesticated specimens. 



On the 24th December, 1863, Mr. W. H. Power 

 was shooting at Kingsbury Reservoir, and, sheltered 

 by the high bank at the head of this sheet of water, 

 he approached sufficiently near to a solitarj^ Duck to 

 kill it with a cartridge. It proved to be a female of 

 this species, and is now preserved in Mr. Power's 

 collection.t 



Scaup, Anas marila. Willughby remarl^s that 

 this bird is called the Scaup Duck, because it feeds 

 upon " scaup,'' i. e., broken shell-fish. It is almost 

 exclusively a sea bird, and is seldom found inland 

 upon fresh water, except in severe weather. 



Two examples only of this Duck have come under 

 my notice in Middlesex. They were both killed at 



* See ante, p. 228. 



f The Rev. L. Jeuyns and Mr. Yarrell state that speci- 

 mens of the Pied-crested Pocliard, or Whisthng Duck {Anas 

 rufina) have been obtained in the London market ; but these 

 may have come from Holland, from whence great numbers 

 of wild fowl are sent to our markets every winter. This 

 bird is an inhabitant of North-eastern Europe. 



