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side of England the Shoveller appears to be resident ; and 

 in a foot-note to the last edition of Lubbock's ' Fauna of 

 Norfolk,' Mr. Southwell says that although perhaps not so 

 generally distributed as formerly, it still breeds regularly in 

 various parts of the county. Mr. Cordeaux informs the 

 Editor that he knows of three localities in North Lincoln- 

 shire, in one of which it is in some numbers ; and it 

 breeds sparingly in Yorkshire, Durham, and Northum- 

 berland. On the west side of England it is rarer, and 

 there do not appear to be any recent notices of its nesting ; 

 but in the Midlands, on a recent visit to Mr. J. Whitaker, 

 the Editor had the pleasure of observing this species, 

 evidently breeding, near Rainw^orth in Nottinghamshire. 



In Scotland the Shoveller has been found nesting in 

 Dumbartonshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, East Lothian, and 

 some other southern counties ; also in Elgin ; and there is 

 even strong evidence that it breeds as far north as Sutherland- 

 shire ; otherwise its appearances are mostly confined to the 

 winter months, and the periods of migration. It is not 

 known to have occurred in the Shetlands ; only once in 

 Orkney ; and not as yet in the Outer Hebrides. In Ireland, 

 according to Sir R. Payne-Gallwey, the Shoveller is not 

 uncommon in the south, although rare in the north and 

 west. It breeds regularly at Abbeyleix in Queen's County, 

 and on Lough Derg, Shannon ; and Major E. A. Butler 

 informs the Editor that he found it nesting in the vicinity 

 of Lough Neagh. 



In Scandinavia and in Northern Russia the Shoveller 

 only breeds sparsely, but in Denmark and south of the Baltic 

 it is by no means uncommon in suitable localities in summer, 

 down to the African side of the basin of the Mediterranean, 

 where great numbers of migrants from the north occur in 

 winter. It is very abundant in Egypt and Nubia ; and Von 

 Heuglin states that it is resident in Abyssinia. In Siberia 

 in Asia Mr. Seebohm shot a male, and found a supposed 

 nest on the 18th of June, on the Koorayika, close to the 

 Arctic Circle ; and southwards the species ajtpears to be 

 found across the entire breadth of the continent, visiting 



