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Grey Geese {Anser sp. ?). Fifty flying S., Ambleside (Westmoreland), 

 January 14th ; 100 flying N., Cartmel (Cumberland), February 8th, 

 and fifty to S. on 11th ; many flying N., Grasmere (Westmoreland), 

 10th, and to S. on 28th ; large flock flying N.E., Lydiard Milli- 

 cent (Wilts), 28th; two (Grey Lags) seen, Great Fakenham 

 (Suffolk), and three (Pink-footed), the last of -winter-residents, 

 Neston (Cheshire), April 8th ; ten winter-residents (White- 

 fronted) departed, Tresco (Scilly Isles), May 1st. 



Tiie Bernacle Goose (Bernicla leucopsis). One shot, Yarmouth 

 (Norfolk), January lGth ; two seen, Great Fakenham (Suffolk), 

 April 8th. 



The Brent Goose (Bernicla brent a). Large flocks arrived on Sussex 

 coast after gales in January ; one caught, Burton-on-Trent 

 (Derby), January 9th; many coasting S., Yarmouth (Norfolk), 

 10th, and to N. on 18th ; two flying S., Cullercoats (Northumber- 

 land), 11th, and some to N. on 13th. 



The Common Sheld-Duck (Tadorna cornuta). Two pairs. Dee 

 Marshes (Cheshire), April 8th ; eight seen, Barrow-in-Furness 

 (Lancashire), 9th, increase on 10th; seven flying N.E., Spurn 

 Head Lt. (Yorkshire), 18th. 



The Shoveler {Spatula elypeata). One seen, Tatton Mere (Cheshire), 

 February 0th ; none, Romney Marsh (Kent), March 9th, twelve 

 pairs on 14th, fifteen pairs on 21st, and four pairs (residents) on 

 April 2Gth ; one, Dungeness (Kent), and three pairs, Bye Har- 

 bour (Sussex), March 20th. 



The Pintail {D afi la acuta) . Male seen, Chingford (Essex), January 2Gth 

 and February 2nd ; none, Romney Marsh (Kent), March 9th, two 

 pairs on 21st : a pair, Rye Harbour (Sussex), 14th. 



The Teal (Nettion crecca). None, Romney Marsh (Kent), March 9th, 

 eight pairs on Uth, eighty birds on 21st. 



The Pochard (Fuligula ferina). One, Sutton Coldfield (Warwick), 

 January 12th, gone on 18th ; Lingay Fen (Cambridge), none in 

 January, a pair, February 13th, and gone by end of month ; one 

 passing, Cambridge, March 8th. 



The Ferruginous Duck {Fuligula wjroca). One seen, Romney Marsh 

 (Kent), May 21st. 



The Golden-Eye (Clausula glaucion). Four, Marbury Mere (Cheshire), 

 January 12th, eleven on 26th, six on February 9th, and seven on 

 17th ; three, Tatton Mere (Cheshire), February 9th, and two 

 on 23rd ; two, Rostherne (Cheshire), March 30th ; three, Oakmere 

 (Cheshire), April 12th ; eleven, Hickling (Norfolk), 13th ; pair, 

 passing, Thirlinere (Cumberland), 25th ; one, near Bowdon 

 (Cheshire), 27th. 



The Common Eider {Somateria mollissima) . Two males seen, Colwyn 

 Bay (Denbigh), March 15th. 



