Litho. W. Grsve, Berlin.
LONG-TAILED DUCK.
HARELDA GLACIALIS {Linn.).
Anas glacialis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 203 (1766); Naum. xii. p. 210.
Harelda glacialis, Macg. v. p. 192 ; Yarr. ed. 4, iv. p. 446 ;
Dresser, vi. p. 617.
Harelde glaciale, French; Eis-Ente, German.
As my acquaintance with this species is confined to
the sight of a few at considerable distances off the
coast of Fifeshire in the winter of 1855-56, I can only
quote from the standard authorities with regard to its
habits and distribution. Adult specimens are at all
times rare to the south of Flamborough Head, though
the young birds are by no means uncommon in the
winter off the shores of Suffolk, Norfolk, and Lincolnshire.
In Scotland this Duck is a familiar winter
visitor to the eastern coast from Berwickshire to
Caithness, and is very common in the Orkneys, Shet-
lands, and Hebrides. In the two first named of these
groups small flocks arrive early in October, and remain
about the inlets or “ voes ” till April. The Editor of
the 4th ed. of ‘ Yarrell ’ has little doubt that this Duck
occasionally breeds on some of the lochs of the island