86 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Sutherland, they were present in large numbers in 1901 and 

 1902, and perhaps for a few years before in every suitable 

 place from Cape Wrath to Hansa and the Badcall Islands. A 

 large increase is also noted along the eastern side of South 

 Uist. Eider are only now (1904) beginning to push their 

 distribution to any points between Loch Nevis and Badcall 

 {i.e., W. Ross, and parts of Sutherland and Inverness) (J. A. 

 Harvie-Brown, Fauna N.W. Highlands and Skye, pp. 244-248). 

 Ireland. — A young male was shot in Malahide Estuary, 

 on the Dubhn coast, in November, 1902 (E. Williams, Irish 

 Nat., 1903, p. 112). To Ireland the Eider is a rare and 

 irregular winter visitor. 



KING-EIDER Somateria spectahilis (L.). S. page 461. 



FiFESHiRE. — A male was shot on a moor in Fifeshire on 

 June 15th, 1899 (B. B. Riviere, Zool, 1902, p. 27). 



Orkney. — An adult female was shot by Mr. S. Sutherland 

 off Graemsay, on February 21st, 1906 (F. Smalley, t.c, 1906, 

 p. 113). 



IsLAY. — One was observed by Mr. A. Ross near Kintra 

 on July 25th, 1906 {Ann. S.N.H., 1907, p. 198). 



Ireland. — A mature male was shot on November 10th, 

 1897, in the Foreland Bay, off Donaghadee, co. Down, by 

 Mr. W. H. Shaw (R. Patterson, Irish Nat., 1901, p. 50). 



Jersey. — Mr. H. Mackay states that he examined a female 

 bird, and identified it as a King-Eider, which had been shot 

 at La Roque. He gives no date (H. Mackay, Zool., 1904, p. 

 380). 



COMMON SCOTER (Edemia nigra (L.). S. page 465. 



Ireland. — Major H. Trevelyan communicated to the 

 " Field " (15, vii., 05) an account of the nesting of this bird 

 on one of the larger loughs in Ireland, the exact locality 

 being suppressed. Between June 11th and August 18th, 



1904, a pair of birds were constantly observed. On May 24th, 



1905, the pair were again observed in the same locality, and 

 on June 13th the female Avas found on the nest under a small 

 bush on an island. There were eight eggs, five of which 

 hatched between June 28th-30th, and the old bird was seen 

 on the lough with the five young ones on July 1st. One of 

 the young was obtained on July 3rd, and afterwards 

 submitted, with an egg and some of the down from the nest, 

 to Dr. Bowdler Sharpe, who confirmed the identification. 

 The egg, down, and feathers from the nest, and the young 

 bird, were also submitted to Mr. Heatley Noble, who likewise 

 confirmed the identification {Irish Nat., 1905, p. 200). It is 



