of Yell, and observed it in Sommervoe in July 1879. 

 In Ireland, though occasionally common in the nortii, it 

 is scarce on the west, and rarely seen on the south coast. 

 There is no record of the Long-tailed Duck's nesting 

 in any part of the United Kingdom, but it breeds in 

 considerable numbers in Iceland. 



I find in the work from which I am quoting a long 

 extract from the notes of the late Mr. Richard Dann 

 with regard to this species as observed by him in 

 Scandinavia, from which I gather that it is very nume- 

 rous on the coasts of Norway and Sweden in winter, 

 that it begins to draw northwards in March, and that a 

 few straggling pairs breed on the small elevated lakes 

 of the Dovre Fjeld. Mr. Dann remarks that those 

 shot by him in this region in July were filled with the 

 larva? of aquatic insects. The nest of the Long-tailed 

 Duck is generally placed by the edge of fresh water, 

 and is composed of a few stems of grass with a thick 

 lining of down. This species is said to be of a quarrel- 

 some disposition, and is certainly a restless and noisy 

 bird ; its very peculiar, loud, and musical notes have 

 gained for it a variety of local names, of which I may 

 mention " Calloo," " Coal and Candlelight," " Cracker," 

 and " Tilliboo." 



