TO ORKNEY AND SHETLAND. 95 



Somateria spectabilis, Leach. King Duck.-— 

 It has been asserted that this bird breeds regularly 

 amongst the most northernmost of the Orkney 

 Islands. I have visited these islands twice, and 

 also Pappa Westra, where, according to report, its 

 nest was taken. In all these situations I searched 

 with the utmost diligence, in hopes of finding it, 

 but was disappointed. I made particular inquiries 

 in Shetland, and described the bird to many per- 

 sons, but could not hear of any ever having been 

 seen there. 



Fuligula marila, Steph. Scaup Duck. — The 

 Scaup Duck, like others of the same genus, quits 

 the high and cold northern latitudes in the winter 

 months, and at the beginning of that season it -ar- 

 rives in considerable numbers in Orkney, but is 

 not so plentiful in Shetland. It is to be met with 

 in the sounds in large flocks, feeding in company 

 with the Long-tailed Duck, and in lakes that 

 empty themselves into, or are contiguous to the 

 sea. It leaves early in the spring. 



Harelda glacialis, Leach. Calloo*. Long- 

 tailed Duck. Swallow- tailed Shieldrake. — This 

 species is very plentiful in both Orkney and 

 Shetland, arriving about the middle of October 



