288 The Zoologist— July, 1866. 



Widgeon (A./erina). 



Pintailed Duck {A. caudata). 



Smew {Mergiis albellus). 



Pintailed Teal [Dendroneasa caudaciita). 



Redeyed Duck. 



Yelloweyed Duck {Anas clangula). 



Redbill Duck [A. rithila). 



Summer Teal {Dendrouessa sponsa). 



Merganser. 



Goosander. 



Chestnutheaded Duck. 



Blackheaded Duck {Anus nigra). 



Canvass-back Duck. 



Shoveller {A. clypeata). 



Teal {A. crecca). 



Chinese Teal. 



Spoonbill [Plalalea leucorodia). 



Common Coot. 



Small Diver. 



Small Waterhen. 



Shag {Plotus africanus). 



Blackheaded Tern. 



Ashcoloured Tern. 



W. NORGATE. 

 Sealkote, Punjaub, India. 



Ornithological Notes from Shetland. By H. L. Saxby, M.D. 



(Continued from S. S. 215.) 



March, 1866. 



Golden Plover. — The hard weather at the beginning of the month 

 immediately brought the golden plovers from the hills. They are now 

 abundant in most low grounds, and at night may be met with in 

 ploughed fields and even in gardens. 



Iceland Falcon. — Several examples of this rare species appeared 

 early in the month, after a strong N.W. wind. On the 3rd a fisher- 

 man, who was shooting in the Island of Balta, observed one sitting 

 upon a large stone, and, as it appeared quite careless of his presence, 

 he walked up very leisurely and shot iti An hour afterwards he brought 



