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England. A flock is mentioned by Pennant as having 

 betaken themselves to marshes near Yarmouth, in April, 

 1774. Montagu states that it had sometimes been seen on 

 the coast of South Devon, and that a young individual was 

 shot in November, 1804, near Kingsbridge, and an adult 

 female on the 16th of March, 1807, in the same neighbour- 

 hood. It has been killed in some of the southern counties 

 of England, but I am not aware of its having been seen in 

 Scotland. 



Young. — When fledged the young have the plumage of 

 a looser texture, the feathers of the head oblong, those on 

 the hind part not elongated. The bill is much shorter than 

 in the adult, and of a dusky greyish colour. The plumage 

 is white, but the shafts and tips of the primary quills and 

 their coverts are black. According to M. Temminck, " the 

 iris is grey, and the bare parts about the head dull white ;" 

 that on the throat less extended. 



