158 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



at a little distance it looks not unlike a female 

 Golden-Eye. One was killed at the mouth of the 

 Wareham river, January 3, 1879, by a well-known 

 puntsman named Charles Orchard. It was swim- 

 ming with a lot of Pochards at the time. Mr. Hart, 

 who preserved it, states that it was in fine plumage. 



SCAUP. Fuligula marila, (L.) 



Tarrell, iv. p. 423; Harting, p. 64; Dresser, vi. p. 565; See- 

 bohm, iii. p. 579 ; Ibis List, p. 129 ; Anas marila, Paltenerfs 

 List, p. 20. 



The Scaup is a winter visitant, but although it has 

 been occasionally killed at Poole, Weymouth, and 

 Abbotsbury, it must be reckoned among our rarer 

 Ducks. Its local name at Weymouth and Poole is 

 " Curre." Pulteney says of it : " This bird is very 

 rare in Dorsetshire ; one shot in Lytchett Bay had 

 the craw full of young periwinkles." 



TUFTED DUCK. Fuligula cristata, (Leach). 



Tarrell, iv. p. 430; Harting, p. 66; Dresser, vi. p. 573; See- 

 bohm, iii. p. 583; Ibis List, p. 129; Anas fuligula, Pul- 

 . teney's List, p. 20. 



Like the last-named, the Tufted Duck is a winter 

 visitant, and of more frequent occurrence. It is 

 often found associating with the Golden-Eye, and 

 sometimes remains until quite late in the spring. I 

 have the authority of Professor Newton for stating 

 that it nested in this county in 1876. (See The 



