in Great Britain during the Nesting-season. 445 



Mr. H. D. Graham finds the Eider breeding on Colonsay 

 and other islands in Subprovince 33; but I do not know of any 

 locaUty on the mainland of Argyleshire. 



Mr. St. -John, in his ^Toiir in Sutherland/ mentions some 

 islands at the entrance of the Kyle of Tongue ; and many differ- 

 ent observers have met with the nest in the Outer Hebrides, 

 Orkney, and Shetland. 



Obs. — Bullock informed Montagu that he had found a nest of 

 Somateria spectabilis at Papa Westra, one of the Orkneys, where, 

 according to Messrs. Baikie and Heddle, the King-Duck is now 

 only known as an occasional visitant. 



(Edemia nigra [Flein.]. Black Scoter. 

 Province XVII. 

 Subprovince 35. 

 Lat. 58°-59°. " Scottish " type. Not in Ireland. 



Mr. W. Dunbar tells me that the Black Scoter breeds every 

 year in many parts of the moors in Caithness, making its nest 

 in the boggy swamps around the lakes. He has known the eggs 

 taken more than once. 



Mr. R. J. Shearer writes that a " Black Duck " is well known 

 as breeding on one or two lakes in the Thurso district. 



Nyroca ferina {Flem.). Pochard. 

 Provinces III. IV. X. 

 Subprovinces 8, 9, 11, 22, 23. 

 Lat. 5r-54°. " English " type. Not in Ireland. 



The nest of the Pochard has been several times found in a 

 limited locality on the borders of the counties of Herts and 

 Buckingham, as I learn from my friend the Rev. H. H. Crewe. 



With regard to Norfolk, the bird, according to Messrs. Gur- 

 ney and Fisher (Zoologist, p. 1378), "has been occasionally 

 known to breed in the county" — a statement confirmed by Mr. 

 Lubbock (p. 112), on Girdlestone^s authority. Mr. A. Newton 

 tells me it has ceased to breed at Scoulton Mere for some years, 

 but that he has reason to suppose there was a nest, in 1850, not 

 very far from that locality. 



Hewitson mentions Hornsea Mere and a piece of water a few 



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