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Chaulelasmus strepera, G. R. Gray. Chauliodes strepera, Sw. 

 Procured March 28. Found in the stomach sand. In a wet field 

 near mill-streams, close to town. Iris hazel. Drake, total length 

 19-iV inches. Maxilla black ; mandibula dark brown ; legs yellow, 

 with very dark brown webs and claws. Duck, total length 18-rV in- 

 ches. Bill yellow, with a very dark brown ridge along the middle 

 of the maxilla ; legs like those of the drake. 



Rhynchapsis clypeata, Steph. Procured April 21. Crop filled 

 with worms, caterpillars, and a number of eggs of some insect or 

 fish; gizzard contained small seeds and gravel. Total length 18*5 

 inches. Feet orange, with dusky webs and claws ; maxilla of a dusky 

 greenish tinge ; mandibula dirty orange brown. A few of these 

 birds seen together at the marsh. 



*Querquedula circia, Steph. Procured April 15. Total length 

 15*5 inches. Iris hazel ; bill dusky ; legs dusky gray ; claws and webs 

 dusky. A couple seen in a wet field near town. 



*Podiceps cristatus, Lath. Procured May 24?. Found in the sto- 

 mach grass, fish, and feathers. Iris bright cochineal colour, with a 

 narrow yellow ring round the margin of the pupil ; bill greyish 

 dusky; legs outside dusky, inside yellowish gray, marked with 

 patches of dusky. The bill in some (especially the males) has a good 

 deal of red. The plumage of both sexes is alike. Frequents the 

 river. 



Podiceps rubricollis, Lath. Procured May 24. Found in the 

 stomach grass. At the river. 



Podiceps auritus, Lath. Procured June 2. Found in the stomach 

 grass, with a few insects. Iris of a very bright golden scarlet ; mar- 

 gin of the eyelids orange ; bill black ; legs dusky outside, grayish in- 

 side. Inhabits the river. 



Larus argentatusl Brunn. Procured April 12. Found in the 

 stomach hair, clots of blood, chick peas, and a portion of a sheep's 

 hoof. Iris hazel ; margin of eyelids bright orange red ; bill orange, 

 marked with red, dusky near its tips, which have a horny appear- 

 ance ; legs yellowish orange, the claws dusky. Arrives March 23. 

 At first frequents rills, at a short distance from the town, but after 

 the melting of the snow these birds are found at the river. They 

 are shy, and fly high. 



^ Larus ridibundus, Linn. Procured April 20. Found in the 

 stomach water-beetles. Iris hazel ; bill of a deep lake-colour, with 

 the tip inclining to dusky ; margins of the eyelids bright red ; legs 

 same colour as bill; the claws dusky. Total length 14*5 inches. 

 These birds are very common about the river, where they breed. 



