416 BRITISH BIRDS. 



One was shot near the Curragh of Kildare on September 21st, 

 1899 (R. J. Ussher, List of I. Birds, p. 34). Scotland.- ^qy en 

 killed at Pitfour, Aberdeenshire, October 22nd, 1898 [Ann 

 S.N.H., 1899, p. 50). 



WiGEON and Pochard (Vol. II., pp. 55, 56. — Scotland. — 

 '•The Wigeon and Pochard have both been found nesting in 

 Ross-shire [Gairloch (?) ], and the eggs obtained" (Bateson, 

 1872, Proc. N. H. Soc, Glasgow, II., p. 182). In the last line 

 of page 55 (supra) for " 1902 " read " 1899." 



Red-crested Pochard (Vol. II., p. 56). — The second 

 record mentioned under Yorkshire refers to the same bird 

 as the first, and is wrongly dated (see Nat., 1900, p. 322). 



Ferruginous Duck (Vol. II., p. 57). — Ireland. — " Mr. F. 

 Dyer, of Ramsgate, preserved one of two shot at Cruiserath, 

 CO. Meath, in December, 1889, as I am informed by Mr. J. 

 E. Harting, in litt.'' (R. J. Ussher, in litt.). 



Tufted Duck (Vol. II., p. 83). — Scotland. — Along with 

 Mr. Harvie-Brown's two papers in the " Ann. S.N.H." and 

 " Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society" should be read 

 Mr. W. Evans' paper in "Ann. S.N.H.," 1896, pp. 148 

 to 155. 



ScAUP-DucK (Vol. II., p. 85). — Ireland. — "I have seen 

 several on a lake near the coast in Mayo in June, 1907 " 

 (R. J. Ussher, in litt.). Scotland. — For correction of Stark's 

 nesting record see Vol. II., p. 132. 



Golden-Eye (S. page 451). — Flocks, partly composed of 

 males in adult plumage, seen on two lochs in the Forth area in 

 summer of 1908 (W. Evans, Ann. S.N.H. , 1909, p. 49). 



Long-tailed Duck (S. page 455). — Ireland. — Occurs in 

 winter on the north and west coasts down to Kerry {Zool., 

 1907, p. 159). Several have been met with on Lough Corrib, 

 and one of them (a male in breeding plumage) was shot in 

 April, 1900, and is in the Nat. Museum in Dublin. A flock 

 of five was seen on Lough Beg, and specimens were obtained 

 [Brit. Assoc. Guide to Belfast, 1902). Three mature birds in 

 Belfast Lough in May, 1898 (ibid.) (R. J. Ussher, in litt.). 



Eider Duck (Vol. II., p. 86).— Line 3, for " Hansa" read 

 " Handa.^'' 



Goosander (Vol. II., p. 87). — Ireland. — " On January 

 16th, 1909, W. J. Williams \\Tote ' Adult male Goosander 

 from Wicklow. I have not handled one for at least seven 

 years ' " (R. J. Ussher, in litt.). 



Stock-Dove (Vol. II., p. 125).— Scotland. — An old record 

 for the south-west of Scotland (Ecclefechan, 1858) is given in 



