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usual times of year on the Tweed and Teviot, and is recorded 
from Stobo in Peeblesshire, and even from Bughtrig in the hill 
country of Roxburghshire. At Faldonside in 1890 one pair re- 
mained till well on in May. 
Long-Tailed Duck {Harelda gladalis). A single specimen 
has been shot on Yetholm Loch — a young male. (See Hist. Ber. 
Nat. Cluby vii., p. 502.) 
Scoter {CEdemia nigra). Has been shot at St. Mary's Loch, 
and is occasionally seen in Berwickshire, but does not appear yet 
to be recorded from Roxburghshire, which lies between. 
Velvet Scoter {(Edef?iia fused). In the summer of 1879 
a bird of this species frequented the rocks at Berwick-on-Tweed. 
(See Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, ix., p. 170.) Never seen inland here, as 
far as I am aware. 
Goosander {Mergus merganser). Common on the Tweed 
throughout the district, while generally seen on the spring 
migration. It is also frequently met with at Selkirk, Hawick, 
Lauder, on the Teviot and Yarrow, and at Yetholm and Hoselaw 
Lochs. It never breeds with us. 
Red-breasted Merganser {Mergus serrator). I can only 
find one instance of the occurrence of this species in the district, 
and that on the other side of Cheviot, at Weetwood, near Wooler, 
in the month of January. But I believe this is due rather to an 
absence of records than of birds, though they are certainly very 
uncommon. 
Smew {Mergus alhellus). A pair were obtained at Kelso on 
January 26th, 1869, a single bird at Bowhill on January 25th, 
1877, a couple on the Till previous to 1880 with others which were 
not preserved and about which no details are procurable. 
Ring-Dove {Golumba palumbus). Plentiful. 
Stock-Dove {Golumba cenas). I can find no record for the 
immediate district, though the Northumberland and Berwickshire 
breeding sites are only some 30 miles distant from Melrose. 
Probably nests will be found, if looked for carefully, in suitable 
places : these seem to be generally dry banks with holes in them 
hereabouts, rather than hollow trees. (For the above mentioned 
counties see Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, viii., pp. 134, 528 ; ix., pp. 165, 
351, 562 ; x., p. 391, and for E. Lothian xi., p. 545.) 
Rock-Dove {Golumba livia). Not recorded from the 
district. Even the birds at St. Abbs Head are only tame pigeons 
