CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 59 



preserved estates of Mr. A. Fountaine, at Narford 

 Hall, and of Lord Walsingham, at Merton, both in 

 the county of Norfolk. 



Howard Saunders, writing in 1885, says these 

 are " the descendants of a pair of pinioned birds, 

 introduced some thirty-five years ago, have so far 

 multiplied and induced perfectly wild Gadwalls to 

 remain and breed, that, at the present time, the 

 numbers on one property alone are annually 

 computed at 1,500." 



" There are one or two places in the Midlands as 

 well as Radnorshire and Breckonshire where the 

 species has been in evidence ; also it is not 

 unfrequent on the west of Scotland and the 

 Hebrides" (H.S.). 



Sir Ralph Payne Gallwey thinks that the Gadwall 

 is more numerous in Ireland than is generally 

 supposed. So far as my own experience goes, I am 

 not aware of having met with them anywhere but 

 in Ireland, and only one of the specimens in the 

 case — the duck — was obtained in that country. 

 During my stay at O'Donnell's place in Castle 

 Gregory, which I have mentioned in my account of 

 the Brent Geese (page 186), there were a lot of 

 Duck in the neighbourhood, and the only way to get 

 a shot was by flighting at night. 



Having no notes, I can only say I am under the 

 impression that this particular duck was obtained on 

 one of my evening expeditions in company with 

 young McCartie. I could only get a shot when the 

 birds came in from the sea to the creeks and 



