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The Pochard, or Dun Bird (Fuligula rufina). 
A well-known winter visitant to our estuaries at twilight. 
During the day-time it frequents fresh-water lochs at some 
distance inland, and is sometimes procured in quantities by 
poachers, who watch their opportunity for a raking shot. 
The Scaup Duck ( Fuligula marila). 
Frequents the open sea chiefly during the day-time, coming 
shorewards in the evening. It appears to be somewhat irregular 
in numbers—some winters the flocks are tolerably numerous; at 
other times a pair or two only are seen. 
The Tufted Duck (. Fuligula cristata). 
Strictly a winter visitant; frequenting the open sea in fine 
weather, and coming up the larger rivers during storms. It is 
also found on our lochs and ponds, especially those not far from 
the coast. 
Obs. —Although the Long-tailed Duck (F. glacialis) is found in 
considerable numbers in the Hebrides, we have never had an 
opportunity of seeing it in our district. 
The Golden Eye (Fuligula dangula ). 
This fine species is rather common with us at times. It is, 
perhaps, more frequently met with in Wigtownshire than in Ayr¬ 
shire, but cannot be called rare in the latter county. Most of the 
specimens we have seen were young birds and females. 
The Smew. 
So far as we know, this beautiful bird has occurred but once in 
Wigtownshire, a male having been shot, in March, 1855, on Castle 
Kennedy Loch, near Stranraer. For this record we are indebted 
to the Rev. George Wilson of Glenluce. 
The Red breasted Merganser ( Mergus senator). 
Breeds sparingly in both counties. In the winter season it is 
often shot on the sea-coast. 
The Goosander (Mergus merganser). 
In spring time very handsome specimens of this fine bird are 
obtained on our lochs and rivers. 
