1854-55 
1855-56 
1856-57 
1857-58 
1858-59 
1859-60 
1860-61 
1861-62 
1862-63 
1863-64 
1864-65 
1865-66 
1866-67 
1867-68 
Ducks. 
1298 
1004 
753 
634 
715 
734 
II2I 
1605 
843 
2326 
1663 
282 
1891 
1292 
OLD WILD DUCK DECOYS. 
Teal. 
1221 
781 
77: 
15606 
1208 
1204 
2365 
Widgeon. 
Shoveller. 
5 
Pintail. 
al 
H 
NN 
[aon Bowe 
2 
HH 
Gadwall. 
ie ee eee 
95 
Total. 
2616 
1826 
1575 
2348 
2013 
2029 
3547 
2821 
2305 
4277 
2959 
936 
3475 
2545 
During the past winter I again visited Ashby Decoy, and 
found it ‘“‘on its very last legs,” 
and unless some effort is 
ENTRANCE TO A DECOY, TAKEN FROM THE POND. 
made during the present summer to repair it, and clean out 
the pond and its four pipes, it may be numbered with things 
that have passed away. 
(See Plate V.). 
Like Lincolnshire the fenlands of Holderness were equally 
suitable for the construction of decoys, and could boast of 
