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Gadwall, CauUodus strepera ; rare : one specimen, and the only 

 one recorded from this neighbourhood. 



Pintail Duck, Querquedula acuta ; common in the Land's-end 

 district in severe weather. 



Garganey, Q. circia ; a spring visitor in Cornwall : a few summers 

 since several were obtained in the neighbourhood of Pen- 

 zance in very beautiful plumage. 



Teal, Q. crecca ; the most regular of our duck visitors every win- 

 ter, appearing sometimes early in the autumn. 



Wigeon, Mareca Penelope ; a regular visitor to the Land's-end 

 district. 



Eider Duck, Somateria mollissima ; one specimen killed on the 

 river Looe : rarely seen in southern latitudes. 



Yelvet Scoter, Oidemia ftisca ; sometimes seen in Mount' s-bay, 

 and one shot at Penzance quay. 



Common Scoter, 0. Nigra ; rare : occasionally seen in Mount' s- 

 bay and captured. All the scoters are oceanic in their 

 habits, and are more frequently seen at sea than inland. 



Surf Scoter, 0. perspicillata ; a rare bird in England, and only 

 occasionally seen in the north of Scotland. A specimen of 

 this duck in adult plumage was picked up in a dying state 

 on the beach at St. Mary's, Scilly, on the 22nd September ; 

 the autumnal moult was completed and the plumage yet 

 black, — the white on the top and back of the head, pure 

 white, — the colour of the anterior portion of the bill, Seville- 

 orange-yellow, — nail, greyish-yellow. 



Pochard, F. ferina ; not uncommon in the winter months after 

 frost. 



Scaup Duck, F. marila ; rare in the western districts, a few occur- 

 ring in severe weather : the female has a broad white patch 

 at the base of the bill. 



Tufted Duck, F. cristata; found in the Land's-end district in all 

 winters with more or less frost. 



Long-tailed Duck, Harelda glacialis ; very rarely found in the 

 southern counties of England : a female killed on Marazion 

 marsh a few years since, and at Tregothnan. 



Golden Eye, C. vulgaris ; not an uncommon species in hard 

 winters in the Land's-end district. 



