. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ANATID^. 4SS. THE LONG-TAILED DUCK. Har^lda glaciAlis (Linnseus). Although this species is somewhat uncommon in the south and south-west of England, it was exceptionally numerous in the winter of 1887-88 ; but on the west coast it is local, and adults are seldom seen. On the east side, young birds are not infrequent, and two adult males have been shot in East Anglia in June and a female even in July; while northward this Duck becomes tolerably abun- dant from November to April. In Scotland it is to be met with in winter from Berwickshire to Cait
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ANATID^. 4SS. THE LONG-TAILED DUCK. Har^lda glaciAlis (Linnseus). Although this species is somewhat uncommon in the south and south-west of England, it was exceptionally numerous in the winter of 1887-88 ; but on the west coast it is local, and adults are seldom seen. On the east side, young birds are not infrequent, and two adult males have been shot in East Anglia in June and a female even in July; while northward this Duck becomes tolerably abun- dant from November to April. In Scotland it is to be met with in winter from Berwickshire to Caithness, and on the west side it is very common in the Outer and Inner Hebrides. In the Orkneys and Shetlands, where the bird is well known by the name of "Calloo," from the loud musical note of the male, it occurs on nearly all the inlets or voes; there is even some evidence that it has bred on Sanday, and there can be little doubt that it nests occasionally in the Shetlands. To the north and west of Ireland its visits are irregular, and in the south they are exceptional. It is probable that the Long-tailed Duck nests, though sparingly, in the Faeroes, and it does so in considerable numbers in Iceland. In Scandinavia it breeds on the streams and lakes of the fells as far south as lat. 60°, though it only becomes numerous to the north of the Arctic circle ; while in winter it is very abundant along the coasts. It also breeds in Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya, North. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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