328 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Pochard, Fuligula ferina.—1 once shot a solitary female 
Pochard near Moyview, as it was feeding in the shallow water 
on the sand, but this is the only one I ever saw in this district. 
Seaup, Fuligula marila.—Not often seen. I once shot a duck 
of this species as she was feeding in the channel here, and in 
January, 1875, I saw two males and a female feeding in the tidal 
part of the river near Moyfort. Captain Dover, when out punt- 
shooting, has occasionally seen a few on the river. 
Tufted Duck, Fuligula cristata.—A winter visitant to the lakes. 
I have seen it on Lough Conn, but never met with it on the 
estuary. 
Long-tailed Duck, Harelda glacialis.—A pretty regular winter 
visitor to the bay and estuary from 1851 up to 1861. During that 
period I noted their occurrence every year, except in the years 
1853, 1854 and 1860, but the reason of their not appearing during 
those years in the estuary may have been that they confined 
themselves altogether to their favourite feeding grounds close to 
the breakers of the Killala and Moy bars, and did not come into 
the more accessible parts of the river and estuary, where they 
would have been more easily observed. During the above-men- 
tioned years they appeared in flocks of from five to fifty; but 
when they came up the river I only remarked one or two pairs, 
sometimes only a solitary bird. I have observed them early in 
October, and once remarked a pair remaining there up to May 6th. 
On the 3lst December, 1861, I shot a fine adult male, and from 
that time gave up noting their occurrence, for I then came to 
regard them as regular winter visitors. My friend Captain Dover, 
who commenced punt-shooting in the estuary in 1868 and has 
continued to shoot there up to 1876, has only met with this 
species occasionally, and not every year, during that period. In 
April, 1875, I saw a pair near Killala, and shot the female, but 
I have not met with a single bird for the past two winters, although 
I have closely watched for them in their former favourite feeding 
grounds. Unless their food has failed in this locality, I cannot 
account for their desertion of it, as the neighbourhood of their 
feeding grounds is now much less disturbed than when they 
regularly visited it. 
Goldeneye, Anas clangula.—A regular winter visitor, but seldom 
comes from the inland waters to the tidal parts of the river earlier 
in the season than February and March, when a few small flocks 
