Fuligula Coturnix 95 



iv. p. 418 and Jenyns' Fauna Cantabrigiensis MS. in 



the University Museum of Zoology.) 

 F. cristata (Leach). Tufted Duck. The same may be said 



of this species as of the Pochard. 

 F. mania (Linn.). Scaup-Duck. Reported from the Fens 



and elsewhere in winter. 

 Clangula glaucion (Linn.). Golden-eye. An occasional winter 



visitor. 

 Harelda glacialis (Linn.). Long-tailed Duck. Has been 



shot near Ely, but there appear to be no modern records. 

 Oedemia nigra (Linn.). Common Scoter. A winter straggler 



from the coast. It is often common in the Wash in 



company with the Velvet Scoter or even the Surf Scoter. 

 0. fusca (Linn.). Velvet Scoter. Jenyns records this species 



from Haddenham (Fauna Cantabrigiensis MS.). 

 Mergus merganser, Linn. Goosander. A rare winter visitor. 

 M. serrator, Linn. Red-breasted Merganser. 

 M. albellus, Linn. Smew. 



Columbapalumbus, Linn. Ring-Dove or Wood-pigeon. Common. 

 C. oenas, Linn. Stock-Dove. Abundant. 

 Turtur communis, Selby. Turtle-Dove. A common summer 



visitor, often very plentiful. 



Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pallas). Pallas's Sand Grouse. Oc- 

 curred not uncommonly in the well-known irruptions of 



1863 and 1888 '. 

 Phasianus cokhicus, Linn. Pheasant. Common, but the typical 



form seldom met with, nearly all individuals exhibiting 



the ring on the- neck characteristic of P. torquatus. 

 Perdix cinerea, Latham. Partridge. Most abundant. 

 Caccabis rufa (Linn.). Red-legged Partridge. Abundant. 



It was first introduced into Suffolk in 1770, and reached 



Cambridgeshire by 1821, if not earlier. 

 Coturnix communis, Bonnaterre. Quail. Not common and 



seldom remaining for the winter. 



1 A stray example of the Ked Grouse, Lagopus scolicus (Latham), 

 from Histon has been reported to me by Mr W. Farren of Cambridge. 



