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of Egypt Bay. The ShelJ-Dacks were rather noisy, con- 

 tinually uttering a cackling note. One of them noticed 

 my head over the bank, and instantly gave the alarm, 

 with the result that all the mob were soon on the wing, 

 flying out towards the middle of the river." 



In Hasted's History of Kent (vol. vi., p. 44, 1798) it 

 is stated that in "the Isle of Sheppey, the Bargander 

 or Chenalopex is frequently observed in it." 



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Tadorna casarca (Linnaeus). 8.N., iii., App., 

 p. 224 (1768). 



This species is a rare visitor to the county, and only 

 one record of its occurrence of late years is given by the 

 Kev. Thomas Parkins (The Vicarage, Halton, Hastings), 

 in the Zoologist, 1884, p. 469 : " A Euddy Sheldrake was 

 killed on September 8 (1884), by Mr. John Southerden, 

 at the Midripps in Eomney Marsh, Kent, about 12 miles 

 from Eye. It was brought, for preservation, to Mr. 

 Bristowe, naturalist, of St. Leonards-on-Sea. I have 

 seen the bird. Bristowe informed me that it was a male, 

 but the black band round the neck is entirely absent, 

 and it has the head of a light buff, which all point to 

 its being a female." 



