DUCKS. 163 



One, Crofton, Cumberland, Aug. 1856 : Eyton, Rarer Brit. 



Birds, p. 81, fig. In the collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney. 

 One, Gristhorpe, near Scarborough, 25th Oct. 1860 : Bell, 



Zoologist, 1860, p. 7274; 1861, p. 7385. Proved to be a 



mistake. 



One, Scilly, Sept. 1865 : Rodd, Zoologist, 1865, p. 9794. 

 One received in the flesh by Mr. Bartlett for preservation, 



locality not stated : Naturalist, vol. iii. p. 420. 

 One, Holm, near Stornoway, winter 1865 : Gray, Birds of 



West of Scotland, p. 383. In the collection of Sir James 



Matheson. 



One, Swanbister, Orkney, March 1866 : Gray, op. cit. 

 One, Scilly, Oct. 1867 : Rodd, Zoologist, 1867, p. 1017, and 



1868, p. 1059. 



KING DUCK. Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus). 



Hob. Northern Europe and America, but more especially 

 the Arctic Regions. 



One, Breydon Harbour, Norfolk, 25th July, 1813 : Yarrell, 



Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. iii. p. 311. 

 One, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 1827 : Acton, Mag. Nat-Hist. vol. iv. 



1831, p. 163 ; Jenyns, Brit. Vert. An. p. 238. 

 One, Orkney, Nov. 1832: Gould, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 189; 



Baikie and Heddle, Hist. Nat. Orcadensis, p. 78. 

 One, Kingstown Harbour, 1st Oct. 1837 : Thompson, Ann. 



Nat. Hist. vol. v. p. 6; Nat. Hist. Irel. (Birds), vol. iii. 



p. 116. 



One, Derrynane, co. Kerry, winter 1843 : Thompson, op. cit. 

 Occasionally met with in Shetland : Edmonstone, Zoologist, 



1844, p. 463 ; Crotch, Zoologist, 1861, p. 7343. 

 One, Tralee Bay, co. Kerry, winter 1845-46 : Thompson, 



op. cit. 

 One, Wensdale Voe, near Hoy, Shetland, 20th May, 1846 : 



Dunn, Zoologist, 1848, p. 2188. 



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