BIRDS 



' a few years ago ' (E. Brown, Nat. Hist, of 

 Tutbury, p. 228). Others have been killed 

 near Ogston Hall, October 30, 1878, and on 

 the Derwent in 1853 (Birds of Derbyshire, 

 p. 176).] 



145. Garganey. jguerquedula circia (Linn.). 

 Recorded frum Sinfin Moor by Pilkington, 



and Sir O. Mosley and Mr. Brown from the 

 Trent valley ; but no details are given and no 

 recent records are to hand, although Mr. J. R. 

 Towle shot specimens many years ago on the 

 Derwent. It is also said to have visited the 

 lakes at Button Scarsdale. 



146. Wigeon. Mareca penelope (Linn.). 



A fairly numerous winter visitor to the 

 Trent and other pieces of open water, especi- 

 ally in severe weather. Reservoirs in the 

 north are often visited by this species which 

 remains with us till the spring. 



147. Pochard. Fuligula ferina (Linn.). 



Not uncommon in the Trent valley and on 

 the lower Derwent in winter. A few visit 

 Osmaston ponds in the south-west, but in the 

 north it is hardly ever seen except at Sutton 

 Scarsdale lakes. 



148. Tufted Duck. Fuligula cristata (Leach). 

 A common winter visitor to south Derby- 

 shire which has established itself as a regularly 

 breeding species during the last twenty years 

 (see Zool. 1899, p. 476 ; 1900, p. 429). 

 The south-western part of the county appears 

 to be most favoured for breeding purposes, but 

 a few years' protection would probably result 

 in a considerable increase in its range as at- 

 tempts are frequently made to nest in new 

 localities. The number of eggs laid is large, 

 varying from eight to fifteen, and I have 

 found as many as eighteen in one nest, but 

 have no doubt that in this case more than one 

 duck was laying. They breed late, and full 

 clutches may be found in the last days of May 

 and the first fortnight of June. 



149. Scaup-Duck. Fuligula marila (Linn.). 

 Only an occasional winter visitor, generally 



occurring in hard winters. Most of the 

 notices of its appearance are from the neigh- 

 bourhood of the Trent valley, but a pair were 

 killed near Bakewell in April, 1891 (Birds of 

 Derbyshire, p. 174). 



1 50. Goldeneye. Clangula glaucion (Linn.). 

 Locally, Morillon (Glover). 



A tolerably regular winter visitor to the 

 rivers and ponds of south Derbyshire. Be- 

 sides the instances mentioned by Whitlock, 

 (pp. 174-5) which are all from the south, a 



single individual was shot near Baslow by a 

 keeper (W. S. Fox). 



151. Long-tailed Duck. Harelda glacialis 



(Linn.). 



A rare winter visitor to the Trent valley, 

 and formerly to Sinfin Moor and the lower 

 Derwent. The only instance in which any 

 details of capture are known is that recorded 

 by Mr. E. Brown as ' killed near Twyford ' 

 (prior to 1863). 



152. King-Eider. Somateria spectabilis (Linn.). 

 A duck of this species was shot on the 



Derwent near Draycott by the late Mr. J. H. 

 Towle in November, 1887 (Zool. 1879, P- 



'SO- 



153. Common Scoter. (Edetnia nigra (Linn.). 

 Not uncommon in winter in the Trent 



valley, where several were shot in the great 

 frost of 1890-1. Whitlock also records 

 specimens from the Derby Canal (1891), the 

 Derwent at Wilne and Sutton Scarsdale. Be- 

 sides these a drake, killed near Bclper in April, 

 1 900, is now in the Rolleston Hall Museum, 

 and another in the possession of Mr. Storrs 

 Fox was shot at Hassop in January, 1895. 



154. Velvet-Scoter. (Edemia fusca (Linn.). 

 One shot on the Trent at Wellington by 



the Rev. J. Smith some time previous to 1860, 

 and another killed on the Derwent at Dray- 

 cott in 1853 by the late Mr. J. H. Towle 

 (Birds of Derbyshire, p. 177). 



155. Goosander. Mergus merganser, Linn. 

 Locally, Chellaser Dun Diver (F. Gisborne). 



Quite the commonest of the three ' saw- 

 bills ' in Derbyshire, where many have been 

 seen or shot, especially in the Trent valley. 

 F. B. Whitlock gives a list of occurrences 

 dating from 1774 and 1776 when individuals 

 were observed by the Rev. F. Gisborne at 

 Staveley. In addition to these a duck was 

 killed at Burton in January, 1854 (Nat. Hist, 

 of Tutbury, p. 57) ; in December, 1878, one 

 was shot at Borrowash (Journ. Derb. Arch, and 

 Nat. Hist. Sac. i. 128), and a third was killed 

 in the winter of 1887 by Mr. W. Crowder 

 in Darley meadows (W. N. Statham). 



156. Red-breasted Merganser. Mergus ser- 



rator, Linn. 



Curiously infrequent as compared with the 

 preceding species. A few have been killed on 

 the Trent, one (a duck) in 1890 (F. B. 

 Whitlock), and they have also been shot at 

 Sutton Scarsdale. One was shot by a keeper 

 at Baslow on the Derwent prior to 1893 

 (W. S. Fox). 



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