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the premises on which they were bred. This circumstance ac- 
counts for their being frequently taken in the decoys, or shot as 
wild-fowl. 
11. A. strepera (Gadwall, Heart-Duck, Summer Duck). 
In this part of the kingdom the Gadwall is not common. We 
have seen a few which were killed in Norfolk. | 
12. A. acuta (Pintail Duck). 
This kind of Duck is not uncommon, and it is esteemed for 
the table. 
13. A. Penelope (Widgeon, Smee, Easterling). 
14. A. clypeata (Shoveler, Spoon-bill, Bach). 
The Shoveler remains all the year in Norfolk. Mr. Youell 
has already stated to the Society the fact of its breeding in that 
county. We have twice met with its nest in Winterton marshes. 
It was placed in a tuft of grass, where the ground was quite dry, 
and made of fine grass. After the female begins to sit, she 
covers her eggs with down plucked from her body. The eggs 
are of a cream-colour, and their usual number eight ornine. In 
one instance as many as thirteen were discovered in a nest. In 
the spring of 1818 the warrener at Winterton found several nests 
belonging to this species, containing in the whole fifty-six eggs. 
The weight of the egg is one ounce two scruples. 
15. A. Querquedula (Garganey, Crick). 
It seems probable that the Garganey sometimes breeds in 
Norfolk, as the Rev. Henry Tilney of Hockwold had a pair 
brought to him on the 6th of May 1817, in the female of which 
was 
