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BIRDS. 



The Rev. Mr. M'Connochie speaks of it as fairly common on the 

 lochs, and a "few pairs remain in summer." 



Fuligula marila (L.). Scaup. 

 Common winter visitant. 



Many of the remarks under Tufted Duck may be held to apply to 

 this species also, except that it has scarcely yet established its claim 

 as a regular breeding Duck. 



A wounded bird stayed for weeks on the curling pond at 

 Seggieden, Carse of Gowrie, became very tame, and appeared to be 

 feeding principally on Limncea limosa. 



The Scaup often frequents fresh-water lochs and ponds, such as 

 Loch Rannoch, whence there are specimens in Perth Museum, Loch 

 Methven, the Tay above Seggieden, and other resorts throughout 

 the central districts, and also nearer to the confines of the area 

 where suitable. 



I have no notes of it on the lochs around Forfar and Guthrie 

 parish. 



So far as I am aware, it has only occurred as a winter visitor in 

 the north of Fife. 



Fuligula cristata {Leach). Tufted Duck. 



Formerly only a winter visitant, but now resident and breeds 

 abundantly. It has increased enormously ^vithin a few years since 

 the first record of its nesting was reported. I have already with 

 considerable care traced the history of its phenomenal increase in 

 two papers, and Mr. W. Evans supplemented these with additional 

 matter in a later paper. ^ 



As a winter visitor the Tufted Duck has come to the estuaries 

 and fresh-water lochs of Tay, as far as we can ascertain, at least since 

 1879, and I certainly knew of their visits to Forth for a much longer 

 time. A pair from Methven Loch, Perthshire, are labelled 1878. 

 The earliest record I can find is one at Butterstone Loch in 1875 

 {Ibis, 1875, p. 514). 

 1 "The Tufted Duck in Scotland, its Increase and Distribntion," by J. A. Harvie- 



Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S., Map, pp. 20 {Annals Scot. Nat. Hist., Jan. 1896, pp. 111- 



120). 



And a paper with a similar title, pp. 17 {Proc. Royal Phys. Sac. Edin., 1896, 

 vol. xiii. pp. 144-160. Read 18th December 1895). This second paper is an account 

 of the deductions drawn from the latest accumulation of facts. 



"Some Notes on the Tufted Duck {Fuligula cristata),'' by W. Evans, F.H.S.E. 

 {Annals Scot. Nat. Hist., 1896, p. 150). This gives additional facts, and is also in 

 some measure critical of the two previous papers. 



