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in the middle of August by Mr. Norman on Douglas Lake, in the west 

 of the county (the locality where the Red-throated Diver breeds). The 

 following ducks have been obtained about Fahan by Mr. Norman : — Wild 

 Duck, Teal, Wigeon, Pintail, Shoveller, Scaup, Pochard, Goldeneye. The 

 Bernacle Goose used to come to Fahan, but Mr. Norman never sees them 

 now. Tree Creepers reside at Fahan, but are rare. Great Northern 

 Divers never go up Lough Swilly as far as Fahan, but the Red-throated 

 often does, and the Black-throated sometimes. Rough-legged Buzzard, 

 Buteo lagopus, Gmelin. — A specimen of this rare British bird was obtained 

 last November at Horn Head, by Mr. Gahan, a keeper. It has been 

 preserved by Williams, of Dublin. — H. Chichester Hart. 



Long-tailed Duck off Suffolk Coast in Summer.— A specimen of the 

 Long-tailed Duck, Harelda glacialis, was shot at sea, off Thorpe, July 27th, 

 1891. This species is not a common visitor to this coast even in winter, 

 and in summer is undoubtedly rare. The bird in question was a female : 

 ovary healthy (apparently), with numerous small ova ; crop and stomach 

 filled with barley. The barley was washed out of a steamer sunk on the 

 • tail ' of the Sizewell Bank, and was a great attraction to large flocks of 

 "Black Duck," mostly Common Scoters, (Edemia nigra, with a few Velvet 

 Scoters, (E. fusca, among the common species. With the other diving 

 Ducks that sought this land of plenty the solitary Harelda glacialis 

 appeared. The specimen is a curious one, both in the colour and condition 

 of the plumage. It is a pale variety, with somewhat thready hair-like 

 feathers, presenting as a whole a very forlorn and woe-begone appearance. 

 Head and neck as ordinarily described. Back and scapulars brown, with a 

 broad edging to most of the feathers of dirty white, forming an irregular set 

 of wavy transverse lines across the shoulders ; those portions of the prima- 

 ries that show when the wings are closed, showed over tail dirty white. 

 Rectrices (or as much as is left of them) also white. Plumage worn and 

 head bare. The pennaceous feathers with stumpy shafts and thready barbs 

 of varying length, in some cases worn almost down to the shaft. This is 

 particularly well seen in the tail-feathers ; the shafts of some are broken 

 off short, others are nearly their full length ; the barbs are worn down to 

 the shaft, particularly in the outer rectrices, and the barbules have entirely 

 disappeared. This Duck had for some reason or other " missed " the last 

 moult ; the thready appearance of the plumage was no doubt owincr to 

 continuous wear and tear during some twenty-three months, and the pale 

 coloration of the feathers may certainly be ascribed to the same cause. It 

 would be interesting to know the cause of the non-moulting ; dissection in 

 this case gave no clue, and the ovaries appeared perfectly healthy. — F. 

 Menteith Ogilvie (Sizewell, Leiston, Suffolk). 



Hybrid Teal and Wild Duck.— Capt. Brooke, 79th Highlanders, of 

 Thomhill, Culter, Aberdeen, sent a bird in the flesh to Mr. R. Small, 



