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  Ferruginous 
  Duck 
  in 
  Yorkshire. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  last 
  year 
  four 
  

   examples 
  of 
  the 
  Ferruginous 
  or 
  White-eyed 
  Duck 
  [Fuligula 
  nyroca) 
  put 
  

   in 
  an 
  appearance 
  on 
  a 
  reedy 
  sheet 
  of 
  water 
  within 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  of 
  

   the 
  village 
  of 
  Ackworth, 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Riding. 
  One 
  of 
  them 
  — 
  an 
  adult 
  

   male 
  — 
  was 
  shot, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  two 
  others 
  were 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   incapacitated, 
  while 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  an 
  adult 
  female 
  was 
  secured, 
  but 
  I 
  

   do 
  not 
  know 
  whether 
  it 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  injured. 
  I 
  

   saw 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  procured, 
  and 
  I 
  examined 
  the 
  

   female 
  immediately 
  after 
  it 
  was 
  shot. 
  As 
  the 
  soft 
  parts 
  of 
  several 
  

   preserved 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  recently 
  seen 
  in 
  public 
  

   institutions 
  are 
  not 
  correct 
  in 
  colour, 
  I 
  may 
  state 
  that 
  the 
  bill 
  of 
  each 
  

   of 
  the 
  birds 
  obtained 
  was 
  dark 
  blue, 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  nail 
  ; 
  the 
  legs, 
  toes, 
  

   and 
  webs 
  were 
  lead-colour, 
  the 
  webs 
  being 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  parts 
  ; 
  

   the 
  irides 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  were 
  milk-white, 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  were 
  

   slaty 
  brown 
  — 
  slate-colour, 
  shot 
  or 
  shaded 
  with 
  brown 
  from 
  the 
  outer 
  

   edge. 
  Some 
  authorities, 
  somewhat 
  vaguely, 
  describe 
  the 
  irides 
  of 
  the 
  

   female 
  Ferruginous 
  Duck 
  as 
  being 
  not 
  so 
  white 
  as, 
  or 
  less 
  conspicuously 
  

   white 
  than, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  male. 
  The 
  other 
  two 
  Ducks, 
  which 
  are 
  male 
  

   and 
  female, 
  remained 
  and 
  still 
  continue 
  on 
  the 
  piece 
  of 
  water. 
  The 
  

   male 
  is 
  frequently 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  water, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  on 
  the 
  wing. 
  

   The 
  female 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  retiring 
  disposition. 
  Both 
  Ducks 
  are, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  strong 
  on 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  for 
  some 
  time. 
  The 
  male 
  has 
  

   been 
  seen 
  within 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  days. 
  On 
  the 
  same 
  water, 
  in 
  

   the 
  spring 
  of 
  1901, 
  a 
  male 
  Tufted 
  Duck 
  (Fuli{/ida 
  cristata), 
  that 
  was 
  

   paired, 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  the 
  wing, 
  incapacitating 
  it 
  for 
  flight 
  for 
  a 
  time, 
  and 
  

   it 
  and 
  its 
  mate 
  remained 
  and 
  nested, 
  and 
  brought 
  off 
  a 
  brood 
  of 
  seven. 
  

   There 
  is 
  no 
  evidence 
  that 
  the 
  Ferruginous 
  Duck 
  nested. 
  — 
  Walter 
  B. 
  

   Arundel 
  (High 
  Ackworth, 
  Pontefract). 
  

  

  Great 
  Skua 
  (Stercorarius 
  catarrhactes) 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Man. 
  — 
  Early 
  

   in 
  December, 
  1903, 
  I 
  saw, 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Adams, 
  taxidermist, 
  of 
  

   Douglas, 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  It 
  had 
  been 
  during 
  the 
  late 
  

   autumn 
  or 
  early 
  winter 
  taken 
  at 
  Douglas 
  on 
  a 
  baited 
  hook, 
  and 
  had 
  

   been 
  kept 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  alive. 
  Scarce 
  in 
  the 
  Irish 
  Sea, 
  this 
  Skua 
  is 
  in- 
  

   cluded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Kermode 
  in 
  his 
  Manx 
  list 
  (1901), 
  with 
  the 
  note, 
  " 
  Off 
  

   the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  in 
  autumn." 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  instance 
  of 
  

   its 
  being 
  obtained 
  here 
  which 
  has 
  come 
  under 
  my 
  notice. 
  — 
  P. 
  Pialfe 
  

   (The 
  Parade, 
  Castletown, 
  Isle 
  of 
  Man). 
  

  

  Pornatorhine 
  Skuas 
  (Stercorarius 
  pomatorhinus) 
  in 
  Suffolk. 
  — 
  On 
  

   Dec. 
  3rd 
  last 
  I 
  received 
  two 
  fresh 
  killed 
  young 
  birds 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   from 
  Lowestoft, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  19th 
  another 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  Thorpe 
  Mere, 
  

   Zool. 
  4th 
  ser. 
  vol, 
  VIII., 
  January, 
  1904. 
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