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Index 
Smew {continued) — 
Migration, ii. 121, 123, 124 
Migration range, ii. 120 
Moult, ii. 125 
Nest, ii. 119, 124 
Nesting habits, ii. 124 
Parasites, ii. 124 
Peculiarity of the crown and the crest feathers, ii. 122 
Plumage : 
Adult female, ii. 119 and note 
Adult male, ii. 118 
Eclipse, ii. 118 
Immature female, ii. 119 
Immature male, ii. 118 
Young in down, ii. 117 
Position in standing or walking, ii. 122 
Preening, ii. 122 
Quick to take alarm, ii. 121 
Seldom found in the sea, ii. 121 r 
Shooting, ii. 121 f 
Sight of, under water, ii. 123 
Swimming attitude, ii. 122 
Windpipe, ii. 119 
Young in down, ii. 117 
Somateria, distinctive characters and distribution of the various 
local races, ii. 2-4 
Measurements, ii. 4 
Steller's Eider. See under Eider 
Surf-Scoter. See under Scoter 
Sutherland, James (Jimmy Sutherland), ii. 133 
Trevelyan, Major H. : 
Notes on nesting of Common Scoter on an Irish lough, 
ii. 61-63 
On flocks of Red-breasted Merganser in Ireland, ii. 106 
Tristram, Canon, on the nesting of the Red-crested Pochard, 
i. 12 
Tufted Duck, Nyroca fuligula (Linnaeus), i. 45 et seqq. 
Appearance on water and in flight, i. 55 
Breeding, i. 59, 60 
Breeding range, i. 48-53 
Courtship, i. 55, 58 
Cry, i. 57, 58 
Diet, i. 57, 62 
Difficult to approach on large sheets of water, i. 56 
Disappearance of males during nesting season, i. 60 
Distribution, i. 48-53 
Diving, i. 57, 61 
Down in nest, i. 60 
Eggs, i. 45. 59> 60 
Enemies of, i. 61 
Feeding, i. 57 
Flight, i. 55, 56 
Flocking of the males, i. 60 
Fresh-water duck, a, i. 55 
Tufted Duck (continued) — 
Habitat, i. 54, 56 
Habits, i. 48, 54-57 
In alarm, i. 55 
Of males during nesting season and in eclipse, i. 60 
Winter liabits, i. 55, 56 
Hybrids, i. 41, 63 
In confinement, i. 57, 62 
Incubation period, i. 60 
Local names, i. 45 
Maturity, age of, i. 48 
Measurements, i. 47, 48 
Migration, i. 56 
Migration range, i. 53, 54 
Moulting, i. 47, 48, 60 
Nest, i. 59, 60 
Nesting habits, i. 59, 60 ^ 
Parasites, i. 61 
Plumage : 
Adult female, i. 47 — 
Adult male, i. 46 
Eclipse, i. 47 
Immature female, i. 48 
Immature male, i. 46, 48 
Comparison with Ferruginous Duck, i. 31 
Distinction from adult, i. 46 
Young in down, i. 46, 61 
Quick to take alarm, i. 55, 56 
Recognise degrees of danger, i. 56, 57 
Shooting, i. 62 
Wariness, i. 56, 57 
Weight, i. 47, 48 
Young, i. 60, 61 
Colour of, i. 61 
Diving by, i. 6 1 _ — - 
Turner, L. M. : 
Account of Harlequin Duck in Alaska, i. 138 
Note on the Surf-Scoter, ii. 81 
Vancouver Island, a paradise for sea ducks, i. 109 
Velvet-Scoter. See under Scoter 
Von Linstow, on parasites in Scaup, i. 79 
Warren, account of the Surf-Scoter captured in Ireland, ii. 79 
Whittaker, J., on diving of the young Tufted, i. 61 
Wildfowl, habits of, best observed from the gunning punt, 
i. 121, 123 ; ii. 26 
Wood, Mr., on Common Pochard and Mallard hybrids, i. 29 
Wormald, Hugh, Notes on the Management of Ornamental 
Water Fozvl, cited and quoted, i. 62, 63 ; ii. 149 
Note on show of Tufted Duck, i. 58. 
On management of Tufted Ducks in confinement, i. 62 
On rearing and feeding of young ducks, i. 62, 63 ; ii. 149 
Zoological Society's Gardens, i. 62, 75 ; ii. 32, 53, 123 
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