334 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



Genus CHAULELASMUS, G. E. Gray. 



GADWALL. 



Chaulelasmus streperus (Linnaeus). 8.N., i., p. 200 



(1766). 



The Gadwall is a very rare accidental visitor to Kent, 

 or maybe it is overlooked among the female Wild Ducks. 

 Boys adds it to his Birds of Sandwich, 1792. 



There is a specimen, an adult male, in the British 

 Museum, labelled Kent, from Colonel Montagu's collec- 

 tion. The Eev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, writing in the 

 Zoologist, 1815, p. 1025, says : "A male specimen of the 

 Gadwall was shot in Romney Marsh on February 22, 

 1845. As far as I am able to discover, T believe this is 

 the first specimen obtained in Kent." 



There is a Kentish specimen in the Canterbury 

 Museum. 



Genus QUERQUEDULA, Stephens. 



GAKGANEY. 



Querqueclula circia (Linnaeus). S.N., i., p. 204 

 (1766). 



The Garganey is more often found in Kent than the 

 last-named species, but it is far from being numerous. 

 There is one record of its having bred in the county. 



Boys includes it in his Birds of Sandwich, 1792. 

 The Rev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, in 1844, says it is " not 

 common : Dr. F. Plomley has obtained four specimens 

 in Romney Marsh." Mr. G. F. INIathew, writing on 

 May 12, 1870, says : " A friend of mine shot a fine pair 



