322 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT. 
“During the winter of 1870-71, Mr. Lawton, of Denhall 
Colliery, shot a bird of this species on the Estuary of the Dee.” 
(Br. p. 14.) This was no doubt one of the flock seen by 
Mr. WALKER. 
Occasionally in winter at Ince [R.N., Senr.] 
Frequents the mountain lakes on the borders of Denbighshire 
in hard winters [T.R.] 
* Cygnus bewicki. Brwicx’s Swan. 
“On December 18, 1871, I examined a bird of this species 
which was shot by Mr. Lawron on the 14th, on the Estuary of 
- the Dee.” (Br. p. 14.) 
*[Cygnus olor. Mute Swan. 
Not in a wild state. 
Mr. Wottey Dop writes: “ Tame Swans driven away by the 
parents in autumn often get shot, and are reported as ‘ Wild 
Swans.’ A brood used to fly from here every autumn.” ] 
[Cygnus atratus. BLackx Swan. 
‘‘ One was caught some years ago on the Dee. This bird is 
not noticed in YARRELL’s work. There is an account of it in 
the recent edition of Montagu’s Ornithological Dictionary. See at 
the end.” (Br. p. 14.) 
BROCKHOLES says also, in his introduction: ‘‘The Black 
Swan is perhaps not yet admitted as an indigenous wild bird of 
Europe, but I believe is fast becoming so.” This is no doubt 
said on Monracu’s authority; who means, of course, that so 
many imported birds have escaped that they are likely to breed 
and maintain themselves in a wild state. ] 
* Tadorna cornuta. Common SHELD-DuckK. 
Mr. A. O. WALKER, in his diary, notes: ‘‘ June 25, 1858, 
Sheld-Duck, with young, on Salisbury Bank” (Estuary of Dee) ; 
and ‘‘ January 30th, 1865, immense flocks at the mouth of 
the Dee.” 
BROCKHOLES says: “In summer and early autumn many 
Shelldrakes bring their young, on the tide, to the Dee Marshes, 
and return with the tide. They nest occasionally on Hilbre 
Island, and in suitable places on the Cheshire side of the 
Estuary of the Dee.” (Br. p. 14.). They are still not uncommon 
there. A nest was found on Mr. ConGRreEve’s property, Burton, 
in 1892. 
Mr. SHarp, Ledsham, writes: ‘‘ This Duck formerly bred on 
the Sandhills, near Hoylake. In 1876 I took a nest and ten 
eggs.” (Two Coll. G.M.) ‘This must have been one of the 
last occasions of its breeding, as that year the golf links 
were extended over the ground which they frequented.” 
