142 McLean: Avifauna of Staithes and Loftus-in-Cleveland. 
Bernicla bernicla. Brent Goose. Frequently seen in the 
autumn near the coast. 
Bernicla leucopsis. Barnacle Goose. One shot by Mr. R. 
Stonehouse, Skinningrove, in 1859, out of a flock of about 
a dozen. 
Crate. cygnus. Whooper Swan. Seen in severe winters — 
nest the rocks’ at low tide. 
a bewicki. Bewick’s Swan. Several seen in the 
Skinningrove Beck, 1864. Sometimes seen passing over-. 
head going south in the autumn and north in spring. 
Tadorna tadorna. Common Sheldrake. Occasionally seen ; 
was at one time said to breed on the banks near Cattersty. 
Dafila acuta. Pintaii. Seen occasionally as a visitor. 
Mareca penelope. Wigeon. A good many seen on the coast 
in severe weather. 
Anas boschas. Wild Duck. Fairly numerous in the winter on 
the beach at low tide and in the streams; it also breeds 
1 the Waupley Moors, and in autumn and spring visits 
the ponds on the moors in large quantities. 
Querquedula crecca. Common Teal. Breeds on the moors, 
sparingly. A good many come in the autumn and winter. 
Spatula clypeata. Shoveller. Not often seen; several have 
been got. One in’ my possession, a drake, got in 1873; 
more were seen at the time. 
Fuligula fuligula, Tufted Duck. A winter visitor of not very 
frequent occurrence. 
Fuligula marila. Scaup. Frequently off the coast. 
Fuligula ferina. Pochard. Pretty common as a _ winter 
visitor; is net known to breed in the district. 
Clangula glaucion. Goldeneye. With the exception of the 
Mallard is the most common of the Ducks, especially on 
the coast in severe weather. 
Harelda glacialis. Long-tailed Duck. Young birds frequently 
seen off the coast, and occasionally old birds have been seen 
on the beach during violent storms. 
Somateria mollissima. Eider Duck. I have not seen it on the 
beach, but several times about a mile out from Hummersea. 
(Edemia fusca. Velvet Scoter. Seen occasionally out at 
sea, sometimes near the coast. 
RUE NCS 
Naturalist, 
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