482 Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



Black Scoter. Add Sutherland: a nest in 1877 (Harvie-Brown's Supple- 

 ment). Breeds regularly in Strathmore, Caithness (" Zool." 1869, 

 p. 1867). Young, and eggs with adult birds from Caithness shown 

 to me in Edinburgh in 1871. 

 Lapland, etc. 



Pochard. (Add II. 4). In Dorset (Mansell Pleydell in "Zool." 1877, 

 p. 385 ; T. M. Pike, p. 386) ; (10) Norfolk (Stephenson in "Zool." 

 1876, p. 5107) ; Suffolk, a flapper at Aldeburgh, August, 1874 

 (J. E. Harting); (xvil. 35) Sutherland ("Zool." 1868, p. 1309). 

 Regularly in 1 1 . 



Does not breed in Scandinavia. 



Tufted Duck. Add IV. u ; XV. 29 ; XVIL 35 ; and subprov. 4. 



(4) In 1876 nested in Dorset (Newton, in "Field," loth March,. 



1877). 

 (u) Norfolk (Stevenson, in "Zool.," 1876, p. 5107). At Stanford, 



W. Norfolk, in 1876 (J. E. Harting). 

 (29) On Butterston Loch, near Dunkeld (A. B. Brooke, in " Ibis," 



1875, 514)- 

 At Loch Leven, Kinross, in 1876 ("Trans. Royal Phys. Soc., n 



Edin.). 



In Fife (J. Lumsden, in "Zool.," 1879, p. 180). 

 (35) In 1860 and previously, the T. D. bred on an island in the 



loch of Stemoter, Caithness (J. E. Harting). 



For Notts, see " Field," May 19, 1877, quoted by Rowley, 

 " Orn. Misc.," iii., 229. 



Erase "Not in Ireland." Perhaps British type. 



Northern in Scandinavia. Lapland. 

 [Golden-Eye, obs. Could these (young birds in Sutherland) have 



belonged to Goosander, which also nests in hollow trees ?] 

 Red-breasted Merganser. Breeds in the district of Loch Lomond 

 (Lumsden. Harting, note). 



North Scandinavia and Lapland. 

 Goosander. Add XV. 29 ; XVI. 32 ; XVIL 34, 35. 



(29) May, 1871, Mr. Harvie-Brown received fresh eggs from North 



Perthshire. 

 (32) Argyle ("Saunders' Yarrell," iv.). July, 1871, a Goosander 



and young were seen on Loch Awe (" Field," 29th July, and 



1 2th August, 1871). 



(34) May, 1876, Mr. Osgood Mackenzie found a nest on the Fiona 

 Loch, Ross-shire ("Field," 20th May, 1876). 



(35) Sutherland ("Yarrell," 4th ed.). 

 North Scandinavia and Lapland. 



Great-Crested Grebe. Recently found nesting in vicinity of the Clyde,* 

 fide R. H. Read (" Saunders' Manual," 701). Breeds in Ireland. 

 I have not been able to obtain any recent confirmation as to Wales. 



* Province XIII., Subprov. 27, or XVI., Subprov. 32. 



