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The Ruddy Sheld-Duck I have but one record of, in late years. 
The Gadwall I have put down with a ? as I can find no record 
of it of late. 
The Shoveller is now very rarely met with. 
The Long-tailed Duck is very rare indeed as a Kent bird. 
The Eider Duck was in the Canterbury Museum, I believe 
from the neighbourhood. 
The King Eider is several times recorded. 
The Common Scoter—I believe Scoters seldom visit the 
rivers, but are generally to be met with off Herne Bay and 
Whitstable. 
The Mallard generally breed in our Marshes, and I have known 
many specimens that were hybrids with the Common Domestic 
Duck; a curious small White Mallard was shot here last winter. 
A Mallard constructed her nest on the top of a hay stack, near here ; 
a curious place to choose. I have known them also build in arable 
fields some distance from water. 
ADDENDA. 
Since writing my notes on the birds, a fine male specimen of 
the Kite (Iflvus ictinus) has been killed in the neighbourhood, and 
is in the possession of J. C. Kay, Esq., of Godmersham. 
Rose coloured Pastor has been met with in immature plumage 
at Godmersham, in 1888. Since which, Mr. Hammond writes to 
the Zoologist, suggesting that they were bred in the district. 
At this date, June, 1889, we have some Golden Orioles at 
Preston, near here. 
