168 BIRDS OF CHESHIRE. 
only mentions one example, a male shot in the winter 
of 1869-70, on a pond at Ness Dr. Dobie records two 
others: one killed on the Dee, and one, obtained by Mr. 
A. J. Nixon at Manley, now in the Grosvenor Museum, 
Chester.2 It is occasionally met with on inland waters. 
We have seen specimens from Rostherne Mere and 
Handforth, and it has occurred on Bosley Reservoir. 
Colonel Dixon informs us that it has been shot on his 
pool in Astle Park, and Mr. B, R. S. Pemberton that in 
November 1897 one was shot at Whaley Bridge. On 
November 27th, 1898, Oldham saw a flock of about a 
score of Pochards on the mere in Alderley Park. 
WHITE-EYED DUCK. 
FULIGULA NyRocaA (Gildenstadt). 
[Two examples of this rare Duck are reported by 
Byerley to have been obtained in Cheshire: one killed 
on the Mersey at Weston in January 1854, and the 
other at Newton-cum-Larton in November 1853.3 It 
is impossible to verify these records, as unfortunately 
neither of the birds appears to have been preserved. | 
TUFTED DUCK. 
FULIGULA CRISTATA (Leach). 
Protection has induced the Tufted Duck to remain 
to breed in many places in England where it was 
formerly only known as a visitor, and it is remarkable 
1 Brockholes, op. cit. p. 15. 
2 Dobie, op. cit. p. 325. 3 Byerley, op. cit. p. 21. 
