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Messrs. Matthews of a pair shot near Oxford in 1832 {Zooloijid, 

 p. 2539), and a second pair were procured in the same locality 

 in the winter of 1844, of which Mr. W. Borrer furnished in- 

 formation to Mr. Yarrell {ITisiory of British Birds, 4th edition, 

 iv. p. 419). On the 3rd December, 1847, another was shot on 

 a fish pond at Cornwell, near Chipping" Norton (G. Goatley). 

 This specimen, Mr. W. W. Fowler tells me, is still preserved 

 there. , 



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THE SCAUP DUCK. ^ 1 • 



Fuligula marila. 

 The Scaup is an occasional visitor, but being more attached 

 to the flat muddy shores and estuaries on the coast, is not often 

 found inland. The Messrs. Matthews, however, considered 

 that, at the time they wrote, it was one of our commonest 

 winter visitors, but, whatever may have been the case then, it 

 is certainly of far from common occurrence at the present day. 

 The same authors mention that on the 24th December, 1829, 

 a Scaup was caught in the basin in the quadrangle of Christ 

 Church College, where it had settled in company w4th 

 two others {Zoologist, p. 2539). Mr. A. H. Cocks has 

 a drake in his possession which was shot on the Thames 

 between Henley and Marlow, but outside the boundary of the 

 county (m lit.). In the north of the county the Scaup has 

 occm-red in a single instance on the canal near Banbury 

 (W. Wyatt). 



THE TUFTED DUCK. / ,, 



FHllguJa cristata. 

 The Tufted Duck is a regular, but not abundant, winter 

 visitor to suitable localities. As might be expected from its 

 extending breeding range, it has become more numerous with 

 us of late years ; there is indeed no reason to doubt that in 

 the course of the next few years some individuals will even be 

 found breeding within the confines of the comity. Ten years 

 ago a male shot on Clattercote Reservoir was considered a rare 



