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Hurdis mentions one as having been shot at Somerset, on 
the 28th of May, 1847.. 
GREY PHALAROPE (Phalaropus lobatus). Two specimens 
only were obtained; one was found dead, floating in 
Riddle’s Bay, March 21st, 1848, and is supposed to have 
struck the iron lighthouse during the night; it was a male 
bird, and is now in the Rev. H. B. Tristram’s collection ; the 
other, a female, partly in ruddy plumage, was found swim- 
ming in Hamilton Water, March 22nd, 1848, and killed by 
Mr. F. Trimmingham, with a stick, and is now in my collection. 
Snow Goose (Anser hyperboreus). On the 19th of Octo- 
ber, 1848, Mr. Hodgson Smith shot two of these birds, in 
their young plumage, at Riddle’s Bay; but, unfortunately 
for the ends of seience, they furnished the dinner-table 
instead of the cabinet. 
THE SHOVELLER Duck (Axas clypeata). A single female 
specimen was shot, in December, 1844, by Mr. C. B. Fozard. 
GADWALL (A. strepera). Mr. Hurdis kindly favoured me 
with the following notice on this bird: “A female specimen 
was purchased from Astwood, the Salt Kettle ferryman, on 
the 20th of December, 1849; it recovered from its wounds, 
became quite domestic, and associated with some tame 
ducks. During the year, 1850, it laid four nests of eggs, 
small in size, and numbering from twelve to sixteen each 
time. She was a determined sitter, but her eges were 
always bad, and had to be destroyed. In May, 1851, this 
duck suddenly disappeared, and is supposed to have been 
stolen from an adjoining marsh. I closely studied the 
character and habits of this duck, whilst in my possession ; 
and as there cannot be any doubt of its being the female 
gadwall, I have added it to the list of birds found in 
