238 THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
Wise says that it is known on the coast as the 
" red-head " and " ker " — or as we prefer to spell it, the 
" curre." 
At the present time it seems to be an increasing 
species, and is found in equal numbers on the coast and 
on our inland waters. 
Mr. Stares saw a flock on the coast near Portchester 
on September 20th, 1897,' and Mr. Meade- Waldo has 
seen large flocks on Fleet Pond 2 ; but it occurs more 
usually in small numbers, especially in association with 
the tufted duck. 
Unlike that species, however, it chooses very inaccessible 
places for nesting, and our only authority for its actually 
breeding in the county is Mr. Hart, who assures us that it 
has nested regularly in the New Forest district since the 
year 1880. 
Kelsall has seen the bird in summer on a lake in the 
New Forest, and the author of " The Birds of Dorset " 
mentions several breeding stations in that county, one 
of them being quite near to our borders. 
Munn has noted a specimen at Laverstoke on August 
4th, 1893. 
Genus — Nyroca. 
181. Nyroca ferruginea. White-eyed Duok. 
A rare accidental visitor. 
Mr. Corbin tells us, on the authority of Mr. J. Mills, 
that one was obtained at Bisterne, near Ringwood, about 
the year 1875. 
* " Zoologist." March, 1897. - " Victoria History of Hants." 
