ADDITIONS SINCE 1899. 85 



tirely disappeared for a longtime, indeed since he wrote {id., 

 Fauna N.W. Highlands, etc., p. 237). Four pairs seen in 

 1906, and one in 1907 by N. B. Kinnear and P. H. Bahr 

 {Ann. S.N.H., 1907, pp. 83 and 213). 



Ireland. — Several pairs were seen, and a nest found on 

 Lough Conn, co. Mayo, in 1905 (R. Warren, Irish Nat., 1905, 

 p. 165). Ten or twelve broods were observed, a young bird 

 was shot and an egg taken on Lough Mask, co. Gal way, in 

 1906 (A. R. Nichols, t.c, 1907, p. 184). Both these records 

 are extensions of its previously-known breeding range in 

 Ireland. Major A. Trevelyan informs us {in litt.) that on 

 May 13th last he saw a pair on Lough Derg, co. Donegal, in 

 which county we believe it has not yet been recorded as 

 nesting. 



SCAUP-DUCK Fuligula marila (L.). S. page 449. 



Sutherland. — A pair of Scaups was watched, and the 

 nest found in rushes five feet from the water, on a small island 

 in a loch in 1899, by Mr. Heatley Noble. The nest contained 

 three eggs. It was left for a week, and the female bird was- 

 then seen to leave the nest and was clearly identified. The^ 

 nest now contained nine eggs (J. A. Harvie-Brown, Ann. 

 S.N.H., 1899, p. 215). 



Outer Hebrides. — It nested in one of the islands south 

 of the Sound of Harris in 1897, 8, and 9, and three pairs in 

 1900. Probably also again in 1901, and certainly in 1902: 

 (J. A. Harvie-Brown, t.c, 1902, p. 211). A nest with nine 

 eggs was found on an island in a loch in one of the Uists in 

 1906, and the bird was seen to leave its nest (N. B. Kinnear., 

 t.c, 1907, p. 82 ; cf. P. H. Bahr, t.c, p. 213). 



The Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain points out that the first 

 authentic record of the breeding of the Scaup in Scotland was 

 that of the late A. C. Stark, who found a nest with eleven 

 eggs at Loch Leven, Fifeshire, in 1880 {cf. Proc Roy. Phys. 

 Soc Edinh., VIL, p. 203). The eggs were sold at Stevens' 

 for £2 7s. 6d. on June 19th, 1902. This record appears to 

 have been overlooked by Howard Saunders. 



EIDER DUCK Somateria moUissima (L.). S. page 459. 



Cheshire. — An immature bird was seen at Leasowe, on 

 December 31st, 1905 (C. Oldham, Zool, 1906, p. 75). It is 

 rare on the north-west coast of England, and has only once 

 before been recorded from Cheshire. 



SciLLY Isles. — Six examples are recorded (J. Clark and 

 F. R. Rodd, t.c, 1906, p. 304). 



Scotland. — Previously unknown on the west coast of 



