532 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



instances been shot on Breydon " (Paget). Over twenty occur- 

 rences noted in the county. A male shot at Potter Heigham, 

 Dec. 30th, 1866 (Connop Catalogue). Another, same locality, 

 Dec. 26th, 1886; and a third (a young male) shot near Yar- 

 mouth, Oct. 9th, 1894. 



F. cristata. Tufted Duck. — C. Probably on the increase. 

 Numbers shot in severe weather. Local, " Golden-eye." 



F. marila. Scaup-Duck. — C. Sometimes abundant in 

 January, during sharp weather, usually coming ahead of severe 

 frosts. Twenty-three in Yarmouth market, Dec. 20th, 1890 ; 

 between thirty and forty hanging there latter part of October, 

 1898. A female, shot in October, 1898, had the crop full of 

 Cyclas cornea. Female generally known as the " White-nosed day- 

 fowl." The species also known as " Hard-fowl," " Grey-backs." 



Clangula glaucion. Golden-eye. — F. C. Common in sharp 

 weather. An adult female on Fritton lake, April 6th, 1888. Adult 

 males very rarely met with. Local, " Rattle-wing." 



C. albeola. Buffel-headed Duck. — A. An adult male shot 

 at Yarmouth in 1830. Now in Norwich Museum. 



Harelda glacialis. Long-tailed Duck. — R. " Very rare ; 

 occasionally shot on Breydon in hard winters " (Paget). I have 

 seen several immature examples. Male on Breydon, Nov. 30th, 

 1898. 



Somateria mollisima. Eider Duck. — R. R. After severe 

 winter gales odd birds are occasionally seen, mostly female. 

 They are extremely tame in most instances, and easily shot or 

 stoned. An immature male caught in a fishing-net off Yarmouth 

 about November, 1859 ; female, Breydon, Dec. 12th, 1883 ; nine 

 seen in one flock, Oct. 4th, 1891 ; female killed by a stone on 

 Nov. 20th, 1897, in the surf at Hemsby ; another female swim- 

 ming a few feet from my houseboat during heavy gale, Nov. 29th 

 same year. 



[Messrs. Paget refer to a "King-Eider (S. spectabilis)—& 

 female, shot on Breydon, July 25th, 1813." It is thought the 

 authority is not sufficient to justify its being included in the 

 county list. But three examples have been killed at Hunstanton.] 



S. stelleri. Steller's Duck. — A. A magnificent male shot on 

 the Denes near Caister, February, 1830 ; now in Norwich Museum 

 (Nor. N. S.). 



