2536 Birds. 



White-fronted goose (Anser albifrons). Velvet scoter (Oidemia fusca). 



Bernicle goose (Anser leucopsis). Common scoter (Oidemia nigra). 



Brent goose (Anser Brenta). Pochard (Fuligula ferina). 



Egyptian goose (Anser Egyptiacus). Ferruginous duck (Fuligula Nyroea). 



Canada goose (Anser Canadensis). Scaup duck (Fuligula Marila). 



Hooper (Cygnus ferus). Tufted duck (Fuligula cristata). 



Bewick's swan (Cygnus BeivicJcii). Long-tailed duck (Harelda glacialis), 

 Common shieldrake (Tadorna Vu/panser). Golden-eye (Clangula vulgaris). 



Shoveler (Anas clypeata). Smew (Mergus albellus). 



Gadwall (Anas strepera). Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator). 



Pintail duck (Anas acuta). Goosander (Mergus Merganser). 



Bimaculated duck (Anas glocitans). Great northern diver (Colymbus glacialis). 



Teal (Anas Crecca). Black-throated diver (Colymbus arcticus). 



Wigeon (Anas Penelope). Red-throated diver (Col. septentrionalis). 

 Eider duck (Somateria mollissima). 



Short-eared Owl (Otus brachyotos). This species is more common 

 with us than the long-eared owl. In October and November, 1829, 

 they were very plentiful in this neighbourhood. They appear to fly 

 by day with less inconvenience than any other species of the family, 

 and are in the habit of resting on the ground, in places where there is 

 abundance of long rough grass : indeed we have never met with them 

 in any other situation. 



Great Gray Shrike (Lanius excubitor). Three specimens of the 

 great gray shrike have at different times been killed near this place, 

 and we have received several notices of its occurrence in other parts 

 of the county: the earliest of these is on the 5th of August, 1810; all 

 the rest have been during the winter. 



Fieldfare (Tardus pilaris). Towards the end of February and the 

 beginning of March, when the season has been unusually mild, the 

 song of the fieldfare has sometimes been heard here in the evening. 

 Its notes are musical and lively, like those of the thrush, though not 

 so varied, nor is the song so long sustained ; but in woods, where large 

 flocks of them are assembled to roost, the effect produced by their 

 many-tongued harmony is extremely beautiful. We possess a pretty 

 variety of this species, with the head and neck of a pure white. 



Gray Wagtail (Motacilla boarula). In the spring of 1846, a speci- 

 men of this beautiful bird, which had assumed the black throat of the 

 summer plumage, was killed in our garden. 



Snow hunting (Pleclrophanes nivalis). A rare winter visitor, sel- 

 dom making its appearance, except in the severest seasons. 



Kinged Plover (Charadrius hiaticulu). Both this species and its 



