114 .~ THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Graakallen Mountain, Norway” (ante, p. 67). From the entire con- 
text there can surely be no doubt that the Lagopus your correspondent 
found “abundant all over the mountain” was L. albus (Dal Rype), 
the Willow-Grouse, not L. mutus (Ejeld Rype, or Fjeld Skarv), the 
Ptarmigan. Perhaps the mistake arose from Mr. Serle hearing the 
birds spoken of by an English-speaking Norwegian as “ Ptarmigans, ” 
as is so commonly done. Trondhjem can hardly be considered as in 
‘‘North Norway,” being very considerably less than half-way up the 
country.—ALFRED H. Cocks (Poyneits, Skirmett, near Henley-on- 
Thames). 
Little Auk captured Alive near Yarmouth.—On Dec, 15th, 1907, a 
small black and white bird was observed by a lad on the beach. He 
threw a stone at it, and seeing it did not fly ran after it. Another 
lad joined in the pursuit, and an exciting chase ensued, the bird 
dodging the lads many times. It was at last captured by the former, 
who received a sharp nip on the hand with its mandibles. He took 
it home and placed it in an unused fowl’s-run. It was fed on Sprats 
and pieces of Herring, on which it lived for five days. It was then 
brought to me, and proved to be a Little Auk (Mergulus alle). It was 
well advanced in its winter plumage, the white line of the occiput 
being almost completed. These markings I pointed out to Mr. Gurney 
in February, 1901, and were recorded in his Notes for Norfolk (Zool. 
1902, p. 87). Up to the present time, as far as I am aware, this 
species has not yet been figured in its real winter plumage.—B. Dy 
(Row 60, Great Yarmouth). 
Wildfowl on Blagdon Reservoir, Somerset.—Since writing the notes 
published in the last number of ‘The Zoologist’ (ante, p. 73) on the 
wildfowl which I noticed during a short visit to Blagdon Reservoir, I 
have received an interesting letter from Mr. Donald Carr, the keeper 
and ranger of the lake, and have also seen a list, drawn up by him, of 
the birds he has observed on and about the water. Mr. Carr writes 
that on Jan. 4th of this year the lake was shot over, and the following 
bag obtained :—Mallard, eleven; Teal, eight; Tufted Duck, sixteen; 
Pochard, eighteen; Wigeon, six; Golden-eye, four; Smew, one; 
Scaup Duck, one; Coot, sixty-nine. The letter continues :—“ Tufted 
Duck and Pochard are always in evidence; they visit the lake in 
large numbers from autumn till spring. The Tufted Duck once 
nested here in 1906, but owing to an accident the nest was forsaken ; 
the nest contained a clutch of ten eggs. The Teal are more in 
evidence during December; I have only known of one nest here. 
Wigeon also visit the lake during the winter in considerable numbers, 

