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observed generally to take a wider range than those of 

 greater experience. These Ducks are most frequently 

 found on the coast, not far from land, in sheltered bays, or 

 estuaries ; but have been occasionally taken in inland 

 counties. Mr. W. Borrer, jun. sent me notice of an 

 adult male killed in Huntingdonshire, in January 1838. 

 This species has been killed a few times on the south 

 coast of Devonshire ; and Charles Prideaux Esq. -who 

 resides near Kingsbridge, sent me a notice with a coloured 

 drawing of a young bird killed in the estuary at Kings- 

 bridge, late in December last. This bird has also been 

 killed on the coast of Dorsetshire. I have more than 

 once obtained young birds in their first winter in the 

 London markets at a low price, being sometimes unknown, 

 and not at that age attractive in colour. It is considered a 

 rare bird, but has been killed on the coasts of Kent, 

 Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk. I saw a very recently killed 

 adult specimen in November 1843. 



Of this bird, on the other side of the Channel, M. Tem- 

 minck says, that it appears rather often on the coast of 

 Holland, and occasionally visits the large lakes of Ger- 

 many. M. Vieillot says that it is rare on the coast of 

 France. According to M. Schinz it has been obtained two 

 or three times on the large lakes of Switzerland. A young 

 bird has been taken at Naples; and in November 1824, 

 a young bird was taken near Pisa ; this species is, there- 

 fore, included by M. Savi, in his Birds of Italy. 



To return to our own country, Mr. Selby notices the 

 Long-tailed Duck as a winter visitant to the shores of 

 Durham and Northumberland ; Mr. Heysham has ob- 

 tained it on the west coast of Cumberland ; and Mr. W. 

 Thompson mentions having procured specimens four winters 

 in succession from Belfast Bay. 



