LONG-TAILED DUCK. 



HARELDA GLACIALIS [Linn). 



Auas glacialis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 203 (] 766) ; Naum. xii. p. .210. 

 Harelda glacialis, Macg. v. p. 192; Yarr. ed. 4, iv. p. 446 ; 

 Dresser, vi. p. 617. 



Harelde glaciale, French ; Eis-Ente, German. 



As my acquaintance with this species is confined to 

 the sight of a few at considerable distances off the 

 coast of Fifeshire in the winter of 1855-56, I can only 

 quote from the standard authorities with regard to its 

 habits and distribution. Adult specimens are at all 

 times rare to the south of Flamborough Head, though 

 the young birds are by no means uncommon in the 

 winter off the shores of Suffolk, Norfolk, and Lincoln- 

 shire. In Scotland this Duck is a familiar winter 

 visitor to the eastern coast from Berwickshire to 

 Caithness, and is very common in the Orkneys, Shet- 

 lands, and Hebrides. In the two first named of these 

 groups small flocks arrive early in October, and remain 

 about the inlets or " voes " till April. The Editor of 

 the 4th ed. of ' Yarrell ' has little doubt that this Duck 

 occasionally breeds on some of the lochs of the island 



