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‘Fauna and Flora of Swansea,’ and Mr. L. L. Dillwyn, M.P., 
tells me that he has seen examples of the Surf Scoter more 
than once in game-shops at Swansea, in hard winters.* He also 
saw one swimming in the surf off the rocks beyond Caswell 
Bay, in Gower, and he observed it carefully with the aid of a glass. 
Sir R. Payne-Gallwey, in his ‘ Book of Duck Decoys’ (p. 93), 
has given a description of the only decoy in Glamorgan, namely, 
the one at Park Wern, the property of Sir H. Hussey Vivian, 
Bart., M.P. From this decoy Sir H. Vivian has received 
specimens of the Gadwall. 
The Garganey is of rare occurrence. I possess two specimens, 
obtained near here in 1886, and have records of seven others. 
The Shoveller also, though met with far more frequently than 
the Garganey, must still be called rare. 
Mr. L. L. Dillwyn, M.P., informs me that a Hooded Merganser 
was killed during the hard winter of 1838, but he omitted to state 
where. 
The Whooper or Wild Swan occurs in severe winters, but not 
in any great numbers. 
The Red-throated Diver is recorded by Mr. Dillwyn in his 
‘Fauna and Flora of Swansea,’ while the Red-breasted Merganser, 
Goosander, Great Northern Diver, and the Great-crested, Red- 
necked and Sclavonian Grebes are also of occasional occurrence. 
Among the Alcid@ is the Little Auk. ‘Two are mentioned by 
Mr. Dillwyn in his previously-mentioned work ; and one was shot 
by the Rev. H. Morgan-Stratford, at the mouth of the Thaw, in 
January, 1856. 
The Laride are the last to be dealt with: they include the 
Arctic and Common Terns, the Lesser and Black ‘l'erns (both of 
which I give on Mr. Drane’s authority), the Greater and Lesser 
Black-backed Gulls, and the Ivory Gull, one of which was seen by 
Sir H. H. Vivian, flying about over a piece of water which he has 
near Fairwood Moor, in Gower: he tried to secure it, but 
failed. There is also a record of one seen by Mr. H. Dillwyn 
(son of Mr. L. L. Dillwyn, M.P.), in Swansea Harbour, about 
the year 1883. 
The occurrence of the Little Gull in March, 1885, and again 
in November, 1888, has been noted by me in ‘ The Zoologist’ 
(1889, pp. 25 and 77). 

* Most likely the Velvet Scoter is intended.—Eb. 
