Family ANATID^. Genus Fuligula. 



Subfamily Fuligulin^. 



SURF SCOTER. 



FULIGULA PERSPICILLATA— (Z/^w^^j). 



Geographical Distribution. — British: Rare straggler in 

 winter, and known to be such for upwards of fifty years. First 

 recorded by Blyth in 1838, from a somewhat doubtful example 

 sent in the flesh to Mr. Bartlett, which may or may not have 

 been captured in this country in a wild state. The other evidence 

 of this bird's claim to rank as " British " is as follows — England : 

 Cumberland (i example), August, 1856; Yorkshire (i example), 

 October, i860 ; Lancashire (i example), December, 1882 ; 

 Dorset (2 examples), winter, 1851, December, 1853 ; Cornwall 

 (i example), no exact date ; Scilly Isles (2 examples), September, 

 1865, October, 1867. Ireland: Belfast Lough (2 examples, i 

 shot), September, 1846 ; Co. Dublin (i example), October, 

 1880; Co. Cork (i example), November, 1888. Scotland: 

 Edinburgh Co. (i example), spring, 1852; Stornoway, Outer 

 Hebrides (i example), winter, 1865 ; North Shetland (i 

 example, said to have been seen by Mr. Dunn), June, 

 1847 ; Orkneys, apparently the most favoured locality of this 

 species in its erratic visits (5 examples secured, many others seen 

 and identified), March, 1866, February, 1876, 1872, October, 

 1880. Foreign: Northern Nearctic region; more southerly in 

 winter. Breeds in the Arctic and subarctic regions of America 

 from the Atlantic to the Pacific, as far north as lat. 70°, and as 

 far south as lat. 50°. In winter it strays down the Pacific coasts 

 as far as Lower California ; inland it is found at that season on 

 the Great Lakes ; whilst on the Atlantic coasts it extends as far 

 as Florida, and occasionally the Bermudas and Jamaica. Rare 



