162 RARE VISITANTS. 



One, Loch of Strathbeg, " many years ago : " R. Gray, /. c. 

 In the Banff Museum. 



Obs. The Buffel-headed Duck is included by Dono- 

 van in his work on British Birds (vol. x. pi. 226) ; but 

 no authority is given for such insertion, nor is any 

 locality named. 



SUEF SCOTEE. (Edemia perspidllata (Linnaeus). 

 Hab. Coasts of North America. 



One, Musselburgh Bay, Firth of Forth, 1852 : Martin, Natu- 

 ralist, 1853, p. 83; Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. iii. 

 p. 324; Turnbull, Birds of East Lothian, p. 45. 



One seen, Rona's Voe, Shetland*, June 1847 : Dunn, 

 Zoologist, 1848, p. 2067 ; Gray, Birds of West of Scotland, 

 p. 383. 



One near Weymouth, Dorset, winter 1851 : Yarrell, op. cit. 



One between Weymouth and Purton, Dec. 1853 : Thompson, 

 Zoologist, 1854, p. 4255. 



One, Aberdeen coast, Nov. 1855 : Sir W. Jardine, MS. In 

 the collection of Mr. Hargitt, of Edinburgh. 



* It is generally stated, on the authority of Fleming and Selby, 

 that this Duck frequents the islands of Orkney and Shetland; 

 but, with the exception of the instances above quoted, there is 

 no evidence to support this statement. Selby apparently copied 

 from Fleming; and the latter merely observes (Hist. Brit. An. 

 p. 119), " it is stated by Temminck to have occurred in Orkney." 

 Temminck's words are, " rare et accidentellement dans les Orcades '' 

 (Man. d'Orn. p. 854). Messrs. Baikie and Heddle, in their < Hist. 

 Nat. Orcadensis ' (1848), p. 79, state that " Surf Scoters appear in 

 small flocks in our sounds during winter. They generally arrive in 

 October, and have been observed till tbe end of March." Mr. R. 

 Gray says this is an obvious mistake. Their remarks, no doubt, 

 apply to tbe Velvet Scoter. 



