1180 Birds. 



Wigeon, Anas Penelope. 



Golden Eye, Fuligula Clangula. The morillon [Anas glaucion, 

 Linn.) is the young and female of this bird. The male or drake 

 is very handsome. Hereabouts somewhat rare. It is remarkable 

 that this species prefers to build its nest in a hole of a tree, which 

 may be growing near water. Notwithstanding that the tracheal 

 tube and labyrinth of the golden eye, approaching those of the Mergi, 

 would direct me to place it the last in this group, as Mr. Yarrell has 

 done, I have arranged it first, since its size, shape and appearance 

 clearly indicate its place to be next to the wigeon. 



Long-tailed Duck, Fuligula glacialis. Truly an arctic bird : oc- 

 casionally met with in hard winters. The windpipe of the male is 

 remarkable for its enlargement, and is figured in Yarrell's Birds, vol. 

 iii. p. 261. 



Tufted Duck, Fuligula cristata. A rare visiter near Hartlepool. 

 One shot on the Tees in December, 1823. 



Scaup Duck, Fuligula Marila. In some winters plentiful. Sir 

 C. Sharp has stated in a note to his ' List of Birds at Hartlepool,' 

 that "in the winter of 1788-9, they were found in such quantities 

 that above 1000 were caught in a week, and sold for Is. per dozen." 



Pochard, Fuligula ferina. Not uncommon " on the Tees in win- 

 ter, but never numerous." — J. G. 



Common Scoter, (Edemia nigra. Rare on this coast. Mr. J. Grey 

 has two stuffed specimens ; a male and a female. 



Velvet Scoter, CEdemia fasca. An individual was shot by Capt. 

 Dalton, October, 1829, near Seaton. The tuberculated portion of 

 the bill at its base is the chief character of this genus, which is so 

 named from ot^ua, a tumour. 



Eider Duck, Somateria mollissima. At Hartlepool, " extremely 

 rare: one shot in 1789." — (Sharp's List). 



Smew, Mergus albellus. Both in form, and in its black and white 

 plumage, the male smew is an elegant species. " A rare visiter : 

 several have been shot near Yarm. One killed at Saltholm." — J. G. 



Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator. I have seen two spe- 

 cimens that were shot near Hartlepool. 



Goosander, Mergus Merganser. The dun diver {Mergus Castor, 

 Iiinn.) is proved to be only the female of this bird. Rare at Har- 

 tlepool according to Sharp's List. The enlargements or labyrinths 

 in the windpipes of this genus are extremely capacious. 



Cormorant, Phalacrocorax Carbo. The crested cormorant is 

 only the adult in its bridal costume during the spring and summer. 





