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specimens alluded to are one killed by Mr. C. Abbott, 20th 
Regiment, on the 19th December, 1846, and two others by Major — 
Wedderburn, at Warwick Pond, on the 8th January, 1849. [On 
the 25th Febuary, 1876, I shot a female of this species at Tucker’s 
Town, which measured sixteen inches in length.] 
Fuligula collaris, Ring-necked Duck.—One was captured, and 
kept for a short time alive, by Mr. Hurdis, on the 13th November, 
1850. He was anxious to watch the change of the plumage, but 
the poor bird fell a victim to a cat (Nat. in B., p. 50). 
Fuligula vallisnerta, Canvas-back.— Mr. Hurdis purchased a 
specimen of this Duck from some boys, by whom it was captured 
alive in a marsh near James’s Cottages, on the 30th October, 1851. 
It was destroyed by ants soon afterwards. On the 23rd November 
following he observed a very fine specimen in White’s Marsh. 
Bucephala clangula, Goldeneye.—“ A male specimen was shot 
on the 10th April, 1854, in Pembroke Marshes” (Nat. in B., p. 49). 
There were several of these Ducks about the islands in the winter 
of 1874-5, and I succeeded in obtaining two, both males, in im- 
mature plumage, at Peniston’s Pond, on the 29th December, 1874, 
and 5th February following. A flock of seven frequented Shelly 
Bay Marsh, and were also seen by Lieut. Hussey in the Great 
Sound; but I am not sure that any other specimens were procured. 
1 at first thought my birds were B. zslandica (Barrow’s Goldeneye), 
but if Dr. Coues be right in his opinion as to this latter species 
“having apparently a circum-polar distribution, and penetrating 
but a limited distance south in winter,” I presume they are referable 
to true clangula. But are the two really distinct? [A female 
duck of this species was shot by Bendall in Devonshire Swamp on 
the 22nd January, 1876.—H. D.] 
Bucephala albeola, Buffel-headed Duck.—One was obtained 
in Pembroke Marsh in December, 1845, and others have been 
occasionally observed subsequently. [Lieut. Tallents, of the 20th 
Regiment, shot a male bird of this species at Peniston’s Pond in 
November, 1875.—H. D.] 
Cdemia perspicillata, Surf Scoter.—Two recorded in ‘The 
Naturalist in Bermuda’—one killed with a stick in Hamilton Har- 
bour on the 8th January, 1849, and another shot in Pembroke 
Marsh on the 7th October, 1854. Lieut. Hussey, R.E., shot one 
(a female) on a small pond near the lighthouse, on the 17th 
November, 1874, and kindly presented it to me. 
