92 NOTES ON THE BirRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
reports to hand, would appear to be now more generally dis- 
tributed throughout the county as a breeding species than in 
1QIO. 
The GOLDENEYE (p. 287). May, I think, more pro- 
perly be described as :—A scarce bui regular winter visitant, 
frequenting the Solway only when the inland waters are 
frozen. 
I see females, or immature males, nearly every Novem- 
ber and December on the lochs near Capenoch, but males of 
this species in full plumage are comparatively so rarely seen 
that it is worthy of record that I flushed one off a small loch 
near Capenoch on 5th November, 1910; another was seen on 
the same loch on 14th November, 1911. Two Goldeneyes 
were seen near Lochanhead (Kirkpatrick-Juxta) on 28th 
October, 1915, one cf which appeared to be a male in ad- 
vanced plumage. Goldeneyes were unusually plentiful near 
Glencaple (Caerlaverock) in the winter of 1916-17,)° where, 
in February, 1921, I ascertained that the immature of this 
species were known as “‘ Black Teal’’ or ‘‘ Norwegian 
‘Weal? 
The LONG-TAILED DUCK (p. 290). Within the last 
forty years this species has become a much less rare visitor 
to our coast. A female was shot near Glencaple (Caer- 
laverock) on 14th December, 1912. A party of six were seen 
near there in 1918-19, and an immature male (of a lot of four 
which included one adult male) was shot by Mr James Wilson 
on 17th November, 1919, and sent to me. 
The COMMON SCOTER (p. 293). Mr E. W. Brook 
informed me that on 16th November, 192c, he shot four 
Scoters in the Solway, off Cummerirees, whose breasts and 
legs were so covered with “‘ tar ’’ that they seemed to have 
difficulty in flying: probably this ‘‘ tar ’’ was, in reality, 
crude oil. 
A male Scoter was seen on Scaur Water, near Chanlockx 
(Penpont), some twenty-four miles from the sea, on oth 
August, 1921: a very early date for the appearance of the 
155 Dumfries and Galloway Standard, 10th February, 1917, . 
