192 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



(73) Nyroca marila. Scaup. 



Jan. 2 Hard wind from South, going westerly as day 

 advanced and freshening with driving rain. 

 Arrived at 2 p.m. on Salt Water Lake, Poole 

 Park. Soon after saw three large bunches of 

 ducks come in, 200, 120, and about 30, followed 

 by a lot of 10 's, 6's and 5's, followed again by 

 stragglers, and all circled round the lake and 

 splashed down amongst the Coots and Common 

 Pochard. The large bunches were Scaup Duck, 

 (Nyroca marila), but they were very restless and 

 did not remain in the water long, although at 

 one time there must have been over 300 indi- 

 viduals on the lake, and over 550 ducks of sorts. 

 Of the remainder about 200 were Common 

 Pochard, and two Tufted Ducks were identified. 

 (W.P.C. and E.H.C.) 



Jan. 8 A single Scaup Duck was noted on Poole Park 

 Lake by W.P.C. 



Feb. 21 About 30 Scaup Duck flying over Poole Park 

 Lake, displaying their prominent white wing 

 bars. 80 Common Pochard floating on the 

 Lake. (E.H.C. and W.P.C.) 



(74) Nyroca fuligula. The Tufted Duck. 



A male at Melbury Sampford Lake, 27 Nov. ; 

 a few seen at Abbotsbury, Nov. 28 ; and one 

 male on Melbury Lake Dec. 30. (F.L.B.) 



(75) Oedemia nigra. The Common Scoter. 



Two seen at Abbotsbury, Nov. 28. (F.L.B.) 



(76) Mergus merganser. The Goosander. 



Three on the Fleet inside Chesil Beach, Nov. 22. 

 (F.L.B.) 



