JorUNAI. (1F THE W 11-11 BIRD I.WESTIGATIOX SOCIETY. 



C. disliclm in i. C. cUtlu in 2. C. jJacca in 

 4. C. i^iiiidcuD'-nui in 1. ('. Iiirla bv q; rils!.) 

 Snipe-carried. C. pulicaris in I. C. Z'vsi- 

 Ciiria in ,:;. C. vulpina by 1. Calabrosu 

 aqnatica in 5; also Snipe-carried. Chara znil- 

 garis in 2. Eleocharis pahislris in 2; al.si) 

 Snipe-carried. EUiJca canadensis in 5. Epi- 

 iabimn hirsiiluni in 5. Eqiiiscluvi arvcnsc by 

 4. Galium puliislrc b}' 2. (Uyccria fluHans 

 hv or in 40. Hippuris vulgaris in i. /r/.v 

 pseduacorus in 1 in 200, except on limestones. 

 Juncus arlicnlalus in 2. /. bttfonius lay 1. 

 /. bulbosus in i. /. conglomcratus in i. /. 

 gcrardc hv 1. /. sylvalicus by i. Lcnina 

 gibba in ,";. L. minor in 25. L. polyrhiza in 

 I. L. trisuica in ,v Lycopus europaeus in i. 

 Menlha hirsula in i. Myosoiis palustris in 6, 

 usually nearly associated. Myriophyllum 

 spicatum in i. Parnassia palustris bv 1 ; but 

 perhaps as often Snipe-carried, like i,'- /'(//h.s- 

 irf,? and Triglochin palustris. Prplis purlula 

 in I. Phalaris arundinacca \n S. Phragmitcs j 

 ccHninnn'.s- in i. Polygonum hydropiper in 1. 

 Polamogcton crispus in 2. Z-*. densus in 1. 

 P. natans in 10. P. pnsillus in i. Ranun- 

 culus dcouctii in t,.\. R . tiammula hy or in i. 

 P. florihtindus in 12. P. sclcratus by 4. y^o.vti 

 canina bv i ; sown bv Blackbirds, bv regurgi- 

 tation before drinking. Thev also sow Crc- 

 tacgus oxyacantha and Hcdera helix in the 

 same way, but these very rarely grow. 

 Rumcx hydrolapathum by i. P. maritinius, 

 before iSg,-^ on sands and sandy gravels hx s ; 

 now practicalh" never met with, only i in 300. 

 P. nemorosus in 2. Stellaria aquatica bv 2 

 or more associated ponds. Tolypella glome- 

 rata in 1 cla}- pond. (In 2 acid peat-ponds). 

 Typha latijolia in i clay pond. T. media 2 in 

 300 on sandv gravels. Valeriana ofticinalis, 

 aggregate, by 2. ]\'r(inica anagallis in 4 or 

 more associated ponds. !'. lu^ccabunga in 18. 

 Zannichellia palustris in 2, before 1803, not 

 since. 



Before 1S93 came a whole series of more or 

 less wet seasons, since that date have come a 



whole series of dry ones, especiall}' of drv 

 autumns. Xow the Wild Duck never stavs at 

 home ai night on its dav-resting waters. 

 We only have it with us during the daylight, 

 unless the birds are " fog-bound." These 

 ducks " rise " in the evening shades ami 

 depart to feed on the sea coast or just within 

 the sea banks or sand hills, or the mud flats 

 of the Trent, Ouse or Humber river, or Wash, 

 anvwhere in fact for change of scene. It is a 

 fact too that in this wide count}' wherever rare 

 water-loving plants have l;)een recorded in the 

 past or are with us now, there wild chicks 

 have collected in masses during the autumn 

 months. This is just as certain as the corre- 

 lated law that wherever the Calluna-Erica- 

 P/cris-loving migrants rest we get our rarest 

 heath species. 



On the other hand tlie Water-Hen is almost 

 ]3urelv local, and unless severe snow and 

 frosts drive it awa}- is with us the whole year 

 round, with little additions to its numbers 

 except after the breeding season. 



The result is that a single glance at the 

 above isolated pond list — and it only contains 

 about two-thirds of the species found in these 

 pond.s — tells the worker at once which species 

 are duck-carried and which are more locally 

 moved hx \\'ater-Hens. Tlie rarely found ones 

 are purel\- duck-carried, tlie common ones are 

 carried b\' both species ; the W^ild Duck from 

 a distance, and the Water-Hen locally- There 

 is, iiowe\-er, another and most important law 

 Iving under the surface of tliis frequency 

 table, wliich must always be looked out for 

 in the field and jotted down there. When a 

 rare species in isolated ponds is found in local 

 aggregates of ponds, or in associated ponds, 

 there is proof positive that this species is not 

 onlv \\'ild Duck-carried, but locally Water- 

 Hen dispersed. They are noted in this list as 

 locallv associated. 



Another short article will be required to 

 show how these species are carried by these 

 birds. 



