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cast a doubt on the accuracy of the information ; and as it came 
from respectable and disinterested persons, that gentleman 
believed it. I am, however, not aware of any corroboration of 
the statement, and the breeding of the Long-tailed Duck in 
Shetland is probably a rare occurrence. 
Clangula glaucion. Mr. W. Dunbar informs me that the 
Golden-eye has been once known to breed in Sutherland, a 
nest with the young birds having been found by a shepherd in 
the hollow of an old larch-tree on Loch Assynt; and Mr. Dun- 
bar suggests that one of the parents must have been disabled 
and unable to migrate. 
Mereus serrator (Linn.). Red-breasted Merganser. 
Provinces XVI. XVII. XVIII. 
Subprovinces 32-38. 
Lat. 55°-61°. “Scottish ” type, or Northern. 
In several localities on the west coast of Scotland, extending 
from Islay to Shetland ; but I have no authority for its breeding 
on the east side of Scotland, though Macgillivray tells us that 
it is found in summer as far south as the Moray Firth. 
Mereuvs castor (Linn.). Goosander. 
Province XVIII. 
Subprovince 36. 
Lat. 57°-58° or 59°. “Scottish” type. Not in Ireland. 
Mr. John Macgillivray appears to have been the first to dis- 
cover the nest of the Goosander in the Outer Hebrides, where 
he describes it as breeding by the larger lakes, and occasionally 
by the sea. 
Mr. Robert Gray tells me that he has no doubt about the 
Goosander ; for his friend Dr. Dewar has killed the female on 
the nest, and taken the contents of several nests, in North 
Uist. Mr. Gray has also himself obtained eggs from the same 
locality. 
The “ Goosander,” mentioned by Low as breeding in the Loch 
of Stenness, is no doubt the Red-breasted Merganser, one species 
only of Mergus being included in the ‘ Fauna Orcadensis.’ 
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