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  THK 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  Pintail 
  (Dqfila 
  acuta). 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  occurs 
  but 
  rarely 
  during 
  

   the 
  winter 
  months. 
  Mr. 
  Piomeril 
  has 
  two 
  finely 
  mounted 
  male 
  

   specimens 
  in 
  his 
  collection. 
  

  

  Teal 
  (Nettion 
  crecca). 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  specimens 
  usually 
  obtained 
  in 
  

   winter. 
  

  

  Wigeon 
  (Mareca 
  penelope). 
  — 
  Annual 
  winter 
  visitor 
  in 
  small 
  

   numbers. 
  

  

  Pochard 
  (Fuligula 
  ferina) 
  . 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  specimens 
  find 
  their 
  way 
  

   to 
  the 
  island 
  during 
  the 
  winter, 
  but 
  only 
  at 
  very 
  rare 
  intervals. 
  

  

  Tufted 
  Duck 
  {F. 
  cristata). 
  — 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  learn, 
  this 
  species 
  

   has 
  not 
  been 
  obtained 
  in 
  Jersey, 
  although 
  Mr. 
  Caplin 
  received 
  a 
  

   specimen 
  from 
  Guernsey 
  in 
  December, 
  1899. 
  

  

  King-Eider 
  Duck 
  (Somateria 
  spectabilis). 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   rarest 
  specimens 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  handled. 
  A 
  paragraph 
  in 
  the 
  

   Jersey 
  ' 
  Times,' 
  stating 
  that 
  an 
  Eider-Duck 
  had 
  been 
  shot 
  at 
  

   La 
  Koque, 
  and 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  taxidermist 
  for 
  pre- 
  

   servation, 
  caused 
  me 
  to 
  interview 
  that 
  gentleman 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  examining 
  the 
  bird 
  in 
  question. 
  In 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  Common 
  

   Eider, 
  I 
  was 
  surprised 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  female 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  King- 
  

   Eider, 
  a 
  species 
  much 
  more 
  rare 
  than 
  the 
  former. 
  I 
  examined 
  

   this 
  bird 
  most 
  carefully, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  ensure 
  correct 
  identification. 
  

   This 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  recognized 
  by 
  the 
  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   mandible 
  reaching 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  nostril 
  ; 
  besides, 
  its 
  colour 
  con- 
  

   sists 
  of 
  two 
  shades 
  of 
  brown 
  only, 
  whereas 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  

   Common 
  Eider 
  is 
  chiefly 
  buff, 
  the 
  tail 
  being 
  dull 
  black. 
  This 
  

   example 
  tallies 
  in 
  every 
  respect 
  with 
  the 
  description 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  

   ' 
  Manual 
  of 
  British 
  Birds,' 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  size. 
  The 
  

   1 
  Manual 
  ' 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  wing 
  of 
  the 
  King-Eider 
  is 
  

   10 
  in., 
  whereas 
  the 
  wing 
  of 
  the 
  specimen 
  referred 
  to 
  measures 
  

   lOf 
  in., 
  almost 
  the 
  same 
  length 
  as 
  the 
  wing-measurement 
  of 
  the 
  

   Common 
  Eider. 
  However 
  this 
  may 
  be, 
  the 
  distinctive 
  markings 
  

   are 
  too 
  much 
  in 
  evidence 
  to 
  admit 
  of 
  any 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  identity, 
  

   and 
  its 
  larger 
  size 
  may 
  be 
  easily 
  accounted 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  

   variations 
  in 
  size 
  must 
  naturally 
  occur 
  amongst 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   feathered 
  world, 
  just 
  as 
  they 
  do 
  in 
  every 
  other 
  department 
  of 
  the 
  

   animal 
  kingdom. 
  The 
  specimen 
  is 
  still 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Caplin' 
  s 
  pos- 
  

   session, 
  who, 
  I 
  am 
  sure, 
  will 
  be 
  pleased 
  to 
  furnish 
  any 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  regarding 
  it. 
  

  

  Common 
  Scoter 
  (CEdemia 
  nigra). 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  obtained 
  

  

  