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served generally to take a wider range than those of 

 greater experience. These Ducks are most frequently 

 found on the coast, not far from land, in sheltered bays, or 

 estuaries ; but have been occasionally taken in inland 

 counties. Mr. W. Borrer, jun. sent me notice of an 

 adult male killed in Huntingdonshire, in January, 1838. 

 This species has been killed a few times on the south 

 coast of Devonshire ; and Charles Prideaux, Esq., when 

 residing near Kingsbridge, sent me a notice with a 

 coloured drawing of a young bird killed in the estuary at 

 Kingsbridge, late in December. This bird has also been 

 killed on the coast of Dorsetshire. I have more than 

 once obtained young birds in their first winter in the 

 London markets at a low price, being sometimes unknown, 

 and not at that age attractive in colour. It is considered 

 a rare bird, but has been killed on the coasts of Hamp- 

 shire, Sussex, Kent, Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk. I 

 saw a very recently killed adult specimen in November, 

 1843. 



Of this bird, on the other side of the Channel, M. 

 Temminck says, that it appears rather often on the coast 

 of Holland, and occasionally visits the large lakes of Ger- 

 many. M. Vieillot says, that it is rare on the coast of 

 France. According to M. Schinz it has been obtained two 

 or three times on the large lakes of Switzerland. A young 

 bird has been taken at Naples ; and in November, 1824, 

 a young bird was taken near Pisa ; this species is, there- 

 fore, included by M. Savi in his Birds of Italy. 



To return to our own country. Mr. Selby notices the 

 Long-tailed Duck as a winter visitant to the shores of 

 Durham and Northumberland; Mr. Heysham has ob- 

 tained it on the west coast of Cumberland ; and Mr. W. 

 Thompson mentions having procured specimens four winters 

 in succession from Belfast Bay. 



