84 BRITISH BIRDS. 



about twenty pairs nesting on five or six ponds. At Sandford 

 Pool, near Whitchurch, on the Cheshire border, four pairs 

 nested in 1891, and have continued to do so since, but have 

 not increased. One or two pairs have bred since 1855, and 

 still do so, at Hatton, near Shifnal (H. E. Forrest, Zool., 

 1900, pp. 506 et seq.). 



North Wales. — Breeds in Anglesey, and possibly in 

 Merioneth (H. E. Forrest, Vert. Fauna N. Wales, p. 286). 



Yorkshire. — Increasing as a nesting species (T. H. Nelson, 

 B. of Yorks., p. 467). 



Cumberland.— First bred in 1888 {Zool., 1888, p. 330). 



Scottish Border. — Within the last twenty years they 

 have begun to nest at nearly every suitable loch, or large sheet 

 of water, on either side of the Border, i.e., in Northumberland, 

 Berwick, and Roxburgh (A. Chapman, Bird-Life Borders, 

 p. 92). 



Scotland. — The increase and extension of range of the 

 Tufted Duck in Scotland is one of the most interesting events 

 in British ornithology. Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown has written 

 two admirable papers on the subject {Ann. S.N.H., 1896, 

 pp. 3-22; Proc. Royal Phys. Soc. Edin., Vol. XIII., pp. 

 144-160), and to these all who are interested in the subject 

 must make reference. Not many records have been pubHshed 

 since the date of these papers, but the following may be 

 noted : — 



Solway. — Has spread through the area since 1887 until 

 now every suitable loch has at least one pair (R. Service, 

 Ann. S.N.H., 1897, p. 222). Ayrshire.— A parent bird with 

 young was seen on Loch Kilbirnie in 1905 {t.c, 1906, 198). 

 Although very common in East Renfrewshire it appears 

 slow in spreading to Ayrshire. West Lothian. — Bred in 1906 

 and 1907 (S. E. Brock, t.c, 1907, 185) ; has bred regularly 

 in the eastern part of the district for the last ten years (B. 

 Campbell, t.c, 1907, 249). Tay Basin. — Has increased 

 enormously since the first record of its nesting was reported. 

 Now it is " one of the commonest ducks on all suitable lochs 

 throughout the central and east portions, and just outside the 

 S.W. boundary of the area in Forth " (J. A. Harvie-Brown, 

 Vert. Fauna Tay Basin, etc., pp. 240 et seq.). 



North of latitude 56° it is rare at all seasons on the west 

 coast, but all over the lowlands of Caithness and the extreme 

 east of Sutherland it is exceedingly abundant (idem). 



Outer Hebrides. — On the increase ; actual nesting took place 

 in South Uist in 1903 {id., Ann. S.N.H., 1903, p. 245). Mac- 

 gillivray states that it was formerly a common bird in the 

 Outer Hebrides, but it is quite certain that they almost en- 



