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" Birds of Caithness," in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinh., 

 vol. ii. p. 340 ; and Wilson, " Voyage Round Scot- 

 land," vol. ii. p. 1 80. Weight, 3 lbs. (Montagu). 



SPUR -WINGED GOOSE. Plectropterus gambensis 

 (Linnaeus). Length, 38 in. ; bill, 3 in. ; Aving, 18 in. ; 

 tarsus, 3 in. 

 Hob. Western and Southern Africa. 



One, St. Gormains, Cornwall, June 1821 : Bewick, " Brit. 



Birds," vol. ii. p. 313, figure. 

 One near Banff, Feb. 1855: Nat, 1855, p. 181; Edward, 



Zool, 1860, p. 6968 ; Gray, " Birds of West of Scotland," 



p. 353. 

 One, Boveney Weir, Berks, winter 1858-59 : Clark Kennedy, 



" Birds of Berks and Bucks," p. 201. 

 One, Upavon, Wilts, Sept. 4, 1869 : Dr. Henry Moses, of 



Bainton House, Reading, Science Gossip, 1870, p. 51. 



Preserved at the Manor Farm, Upavon. 



Obs. Having regard to its geographical distribu- 

 tion, this species cannot be regarded as a genuine 

 immigrant. The few examples met v^^ith in this 

 country in a state of liberty must doubtless have 

 escaped from semi-domestication. 



RUDDY SHELD-DRAKE. Tadorna rutila (Pallas). 

 Jjcngth, 24 in. ; bill, 1*75 in. ; wing, 14*5 in. ; tarsus, 

 2-25 in. 



Hab. Southern and Eastern Europe ; North Africa ; 

 and Western Asia to China and Japan. 



One near Blandford, Dorset, winter 1776 : Fox, " Synops. 



Newcastle Museum." In the Newcastle Museum. 

 One, south of England: Selby, "111. Brit. Orn.," vol. ii. 



p. 294. In the collection of the late Mr. Selby. 



