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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 

 1 9i 5 -o- 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. 



Rhyncfiapsis 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 argentatus? 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, 



