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times a male of this species performs a sort of 

 partial migration, and proves that he can make 

 use of his wings when occasion requires it. A 

 swan will then occasionally disappear, and all in- 

 quiries in the neighbourhood proving ineifectual, 

 the loss is attributed to the poacher or the mid- 

 night robber, until perhaps it is discovered that 

 the bird had only joined some solitary spinster 

 on a distant pond, where she had been doomed 

 to float for many years in " single blessedness.'' 



Common Shelldrake, Tadorna vulpanser. 

 Not uncommon, but generally found in the im- 

 mature state. 



Shoveler, Anas clypeata. Has frequently 

 occurred during winter on different parts of the 

 coast. 



Gad WALL, Anas strepera. Eather a scarce 

 bird. Has been occasionally shot at Pagham and 

 Shoreham. 



Pintail Duck, Anas acuta. An ordinary 

 winter visitor. 



Wild Duck, Anas hoschas. Common. 



Garganey Duck, Anas querquedula. Imma- 

 ture examples of the garganey are not unusual 

 in the winter at Pagham, Shoreham, Rye, and 

 Hastings Adult specimens — particularly males 

 — are rare. 



Teal, Anas crecca. Of frequent occurrence. 



