SHELDRAKE 327 



The Eev.'C. H. Fielding records it from Lidsing AVoods, 

 near Gillingham, in Kent. The Kev. J. Pemberton 

 Bartlett, writing in 1844, states that Dr. F. Plomley 

 " has a specimen in his collection which was killed in 

 Eomney Marsh. One was shot by a labouring man in 

 the parish of Kingston, in Kent, a few years since." 



A specimen in Mr. W. Oxenden Hammond's collection 

 at Canterbury was obtained at Bourne Park, February 21, 

 1855. Messrs. C. Gordon and G. Gray record it from 

 Dover, Mr. H. Ullyett at Folkestone, and Mr. G. Dowker 

 at Stourmouth. 



Mr. W. Prentis writes: "On January 22, 1879, an 

 excellent specimen was shot in an extraordinary way. 

 Some shooters were lying in wait for Sea-Gulls in the 

 shelter of a wood at Kainham, the Gulls returning from 

 the fields which had been manured with sprats, when a 

 8 wan came flying in the same direction, following the 

 track of the Gulls, at some height. A No. 6 shot hap- 

 pened to touch a wing, the bird immediately lowered, 

 and dropped about a quarter of a mile off. It was pur- 

 sued and captured." 



G-eniTs TADORNA, Fleming. 

 SHELDEAKE. 



Tadorna taclorna (Linnaeus). S.N., i., p. 195 

 (1766). 



Bargander. 



This beautiful Sheldrake is a constant visitor to the 

 sea-coast and estuaries of Kent during the winter. 



Boys includes it in his Birds of Sandioich, 1792, under 

 Shieldrake or Bargander. The Eev. J. Pemberton 



