504 Mr. C. Collier on the Birds 



sheltered sea bay ; the weather was very stormy, with frost 

 and snow. These were the only examples seen. 



Common Sheld-Duck. Tadorna comuta. 

 Does not breed with us. An occasional specimen is seen 

 during the summer. 



Wigeon. Mareca penelope. 



In January 1900 large numbers were on the coast ; as a 

 rule they are scarce, there being no good feeding-grounds 

 for them. 



Wild Duck. Anas boscas. 



Nearly every loch, both large and small, holds a breeding 

 pair. During the winter many more arrive, feeding at the 

 mouths of the burns. 



Common Teal. Querquedula crecca. 

 Often seen in small numbers during the winter. 

 For five consecutive years a pair bred on some tussocky 

 lumps of grass in a shallow weedy loch. 



Shoveler. Spatula clypeata. 



A single straggler, a female, remained on a fresh-water 

 loch for about two weeks in 1902. She was first seen on 

 February 4th. I noticed her with my glasses in company 

 with five Mallards. 



Tufted Duck. Fuligula cristata. 

 Not uncommon during the winter. 



Scaup. Fuligula marila. 



On December 12th, 1897, four Scaup-Ducks were seen 

 swimming towards a mud-fiat. On January 5th, 1898, five 

 birds were seen at the same place. I also occasionally saw 

 them at sea when coasting round the island in a launch. 



Pochard. Fuligula ferina. 



From time to time an individual is seen (and sometimes 

 shot) in winter on the lower fresh- water lochs. 



Golden-eye. Clangula glaucion. 



Arrives during the first week in October and remains all the 

 winter, a few birds generally haunting every sheltered sea bay. 



