lyo RING-DOVE. 



the male and female on the Wye, near Sellack, in the winter 

 1854-5. Mr. Lingwood also mentions a Goosander in his notes, 

 as having been seen by Mr. Baker, the bird-stuffer, in Hereford, 

 in 1855, possibly a member of the same flock. 



Mr. W. C. Blake, of Ross, had a female specimen of the 

 Goosander brought to him, which was found floating down the 

 Wye, with large blocks of ice, during the hard frost of January, 1880. 

 It had not long been dead, for it was quite fresh ; but whether 

 it died from want of proper food, or from mishap, cannot be traced ; 

 there was no shot-mark on it. He had it preserved, and it is now 

 in his possession. Mr. Blake also had a male specimen of the 

 Goosander brought to him, picked up dead near the Wye ; but that 

 was too far gone to preserve. 



[Mergus serrator — Red-breasted Merganser.] 

 Breeds in Scodand and North Ireland, and occurs from autumn 

 to spring in all parts of the United Kingdom. 



[Mergus cucullatus — Hooded Merganser.] 

 A very rare straggler. 



[Mergus albellus — Smew, 

 An irregular winter visitor. 



Order— COLUMB^. 



Family— COLUMBID^. 



Genus— COLUMBA. 



COLUMBA PALUMBUS— RiNG-DovE. 



Dear is my little native vale, 



The King-Dove builds and murmurs there. 

 Close to my cot she tells her tale, 



To every passing villager. 



Rogers. 



