45 8 Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



MERGUS CASTOR (Linn.}. Goosander. 



Province XVIII. 



Subprovince 36. 



Lat. 57-58 or 59. " Scottish " type. Not in Ireland. 



Mr. John Macgillivray appears to have been the first to discover the 

 nest of the Goosander in the Outer Hebrides, where he describes it as 

 breeding by the larger lakes, and occasionally by the sea. 



Mr. Robert Gray tells me that he has no doubt about the Goosander; 

 for his friend Dr. Dewar has killed the female on the nest, and taken 

 the contents of several nests, in North Uist. Mr. Gray has also himself 

 obtained eggs from the same locality. 



The "Goosander," mentioned by Low as breeding in the Loch of 

 Stenness, is no doubt the Red-breasted Merganser, one species only of 

 Mergus being included in the * Fauna Orcadensis.' 



PODICEPS CRIST ATUS (Lath.}. Great Crested Grebe. 



Provinces II.-V. VI. ? VII. ? VIII.-X. 



Subprovinces, 6, 8, 10, 11, (12), 14, 15, 16 ?, 17?, 18 ?, 19, 21, 22, 23. 



Lat. 50-55. " English type. Not in Scotland. 



A few pairs breed in the counties of Sussex, Herts, Suffolk, Norfolk, 

 Huntingdon (perhaps extinct, Mr. F. Bond}, Worcester, Warwick, 

 Shropshire, Lincoln, Cheshire, and in both divisions of Yorkshire. 

 Yarrell tells us that the Great Crested Grebe breeds on some of the lakes 

 of Wales, but I do not know in which of the districts. 



PODICEPS MINOR (Lath.}. Little Grebe. 



Provinces I.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 1-37. 



Lat. 50-60. " British " type, or general. 



Throughout Great Britain, and extends to the Outer Hebrides 

 and Orkney, but does not appear to have been found breeding in 

 Shetland. 



Obs. The Eared Grebe (Podiceps auritus} is mentioned by Pennant 

 as breeding at Spalding in Lincolnshire ; but the nest does not seem to 

 have come under the notice of any recent observer. 



COLYMBUS ARCTICUS (Linn.}. Black-throated Diver. 



Provinces XV.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 29, 31 ?, 32, 34-36, (37). 



Lat. 56-59. " Scottish" type. Not in Ireland. 



Mr. Robert Gray tells me that the Black-throated Diver breeds on 

 the confines of Perth and Argyleshire, extending to both counties. The 

 nest has been found in several parts of Argyleshire, Inverness, Ross, 

 and Sutherland, and also in the Outer Hebrides ; but the bird is said to 

 have become quite extinct in Orkney. 



