. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. A NA TID/E—D UCKS. 209 ; Mr. Hope says it is common on our coasts, arriving rather later in the autumn than the Tufted Duck and Scaup. At Harwich it is fairly common in winter (Kerry). White-eyed Duck : Nyroca ferricginea. An uncommon spring and winter visitor to Britain; most often met with on the East Coast. It has, doubtless, occurred from time to time in Essex, but I have only one actual record. A specimen (sex uncertain) taken in the iVlarsh House Decoy, Tillingham, about ten years ago, is preser
. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. A NA TID/E—D UCKS. 209 ; Mr. Hope says it is common on our coasts, arriving rather later in the autumn than the Tufted Duck and Scaup. At Harwich it is fairly common in winter (Kerry). White-eyed Duck : Nyroca ferricginea. An uncommon spring and winter visitor to Britain; most often met with on the East Coast. It has, doubtless, occurred from time to time in Essex, but I have only one actual record. A specimen (sex uncertain) taken in the iVlarsh House Decoy, Tillingham, about ten years ago, is preserved at the Marsh House, where, through Mr. Page's kindness, I have inspected it. It is the only specimen known to have been taken thereabouts. Long-tailed Duck : Harelda glacialis. An uncommon winter visitor only to the Essex Coast. Henry Doubleday -, _ says (10) he saw one in 1832 in a Collection at Col- chester, obtained on the adjacent coast. Yarrell says (14. iii. 166) : " It is con- sidered a rare bird, but has been killed on the coasts of Kent, Essex, Suf- folk, and ; One was shot at Mersea Island, dur- ing the severe win- ter of 1837-38 (19. 34). Mr. Hope, who has a pair in summer plumage, killed at Maldon in Feb., 1879, and a female in full plumage killed at Harwich on Nov. gth, 1887, says : " Young birds are common every ; At Harwich it is rare (Kerry). About the middle of Nov., 1887, one was shot at Southend by Mr. J. M. Burton (29. Nov. 19 ; <S:4i. ii. 12). Another was shot there in the winter of 1860-61 (23. 7386). Eider Duck : Somateria mollissima. An uncommon winter visitor only to the Essex Coast. A couple of males shot at Maldon on Jan. 3rd, 1865, were at first supposed to be King Ducks (29. Jan. 14). Another female shot on the Blackwater, near Maldon, on Oct. 23rd, 1875, was also recorded as a King Duck (29. Nov. 6th, 20th, & Dec. nth ; & 34. 4766), a mistake afterwards corrected. Mr. A. H. Norman shot three out o
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