176 BIRDS. 



In Eousay, Buckley saw a male Tufted Duck along with 

 two Pochard Drakes on Loch Wasbister on June 16th, 1883, 

 and on the 28th of August he shot a female. They were com- 

 mon enough there in the winter, and seemed fonder of the fresh 

 water than the other species of ducks. 



Mr. Millais has found the Tufted Duck breeding in Orkney. 

 In July 1888, thinking it possible that this species was breeding 

 on a loch, he took a boat to land on a grassy island. On 

 approaching it, a duck with white-barred wings and white face 

 flew off, and circled round the boat within forty yards. After 

 landing he found the nest, containing two young, just hatched, 

 and two addled eggs. 



Nyroca ferruginea (Gm.). White-eyed Duck. 



[Obs. Messrs. Baikie and Heddle say this duck has been observed 

 in Orkney, though rarely, and one of the authors, the late Mr. 

 Eobert Heddle, had a note of one killed in 1854 a female. In 

 the absence of any more satisfactory records we enclose it in 

 brackets.] 



Clangula albeola (L.). Buffel-headed Duck. 



[Obs. Eeferring to the specimen mentioned by Messrs. Baikie and 

 Heddle, we have received the following note: "Buffel-headed 

 Duck. This is a mistake ; the skin came from Dunn, and was 

 not even killed in Great Britain."] 



Clangula glaucion (L.). Golden-eye, 



A common winter visitant, according to all our correspondents, 

 and our own observations are to the same effect. Mr. Irvine- 

 Fortescue writes us that they are terribly shy of a punt, and so 

 restless that other ducks are not alarmed when they rise. Mr. 

 Crichton, at p. 44 of his Rambles in the Orcades, mentions seeing 

 a pair of these ducks on the loch of Stenness on June 5th, 1860. 

 Kegarding the plumages of the Golden-eye, Mr. Millais 

 informs us that he has never yet seen or shot a bird in the 



