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a flock of five were obtained at Shaws, near Selkirk, on November 
29thj 1882, and about the same time several were seen on the 
East Coast. 
Sheld-Duck {Tadoma cornuta). Only recorded from the 
coast. 
Wild Duck {Anas boscas). Common. 
Gadwall {Anas streperus). I can find no record for the 
district. 
Shoveller {Spatula clypeata). Occurs, chiefly in winter, at 
Legervvood Loch, Bughtrig, Hoselaw, and many other place-, 
while a specimen was obtained at the last on April 8th, 1876, 
which was probably breeding there. The bird certainly nests in 
the neighbourhood, as the eggs have been actually found on the 
Northumberland coast. 
Pintail {Dafila acuta). Rare in the district, but noticed 
nearly every year, even among the Cheviots. 
Wigeon {Mareca penelope). Fairly common from autumn to 
spring. 
Teal {Querquedula cncca). Resident, breeding on several of 
the marshy moors and on sides of lochs in the neighbourhood, as, 
for instance, at Primside near Yetholm, and at Jedburgh. 
Garganey {Querquedula circia). Not recorded from the Mel- 
rose country, but on March 12th, 1885, a specimen was shot at 
Falden in Berwickshire. {Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, xi., p. 237.) 
Pochard {FuUgula ferina). Not at all uncommon in winter. 
Recorded from Yetholm, Hoselaw, Frogden, Bughtrig, Stobo, and 
the Haining, and also from many parts of Berwickshire. At 
Faldonside it occasionally stays till late in spring, but has never 
been known to breed. 
Tufted Duck {FuUgula cristaid). Breeds in Roxburgh- 
shire at Yetholm Loch ; and, as a young female was shot at Hoselaw 
Loch close by on August 20th, 1879, its range may have spread 
to that spot. At many other places, such as the Haining, 
Bughtrig, and St. Mary's Loch it has been noticed, and it is in 
fact one of the commonest winter ducks. 
Scaup {FuUgula marila). Common only at some places, as 
at Yetholm, where there is a large expanse of water ; but met with 
at times throughout the counties of Peebles, Roxburgh, Selkirk, 
and Berwick. 
Goldeneye {Glangula glaucion). Fairly common at the 
