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county. Every winter little flocks of Teal made their appear- 
ance on the Cleddy beneath Stone Hall, where it was compar- 
atively easy to get shots at them by following the river in its 
windings, as the birds generally dropped into corners of the 
stream where willows and rushes afforded shelter. Very fre- 
quently, too, we used to come across single Teal when after 
Snipe, flushing them from drains, warm ditches, and small 
rush-bordered pools, thus adding variety to our bag. A buff- 
coloured Teal in the National Collection at South Kensington 
was presented by Lord Cawdor, and came from Stackpole. 
SHOVELLER, Sfatula clypeata—A winter visitor, not very 
common. Occasionally the Shoveller deserts the sea wrack on 
the coast, and comes inland to feed on the fresh water ponds, 
and one day when Woodcock-shooting at Trecwn, we disturbed 
three Mallard Shovellers from the small lake at the head of the 
cover. In their full adult plumage the Mallard Shovellers are 
among the handsomest of our British Wild Ducks. We have 
always found this species most excellent for the table. 
RED-CRESTED POCHARD, Picdigula rufina.—A very rare acci- 
dental winter visitor from the south of Europe. Only one 
occurrence; Mr. Tracy informed Mr. Dix, that he shot a female 
Red-crested Pochard at Stackpole, and that Lord Cawdor took 
it up to London to be identified. The date is not given. This 
is the bird included in Dr. Gray’s Catalogue of the British 
birds in the British Museum, and is still in the National Collec- 
tion at South Kensington. In his “Handbook of the Rarer 
British Birds” (pp. 159, 160), Mr. Harting mentions wo 
Pembrokeshire Red-crested Ducks, but we have no doubt that 
both his entries refer to the same bird, the one killed at Stack- 
pole, which Lord Cawdor presented to the British Museum. 
TUFTED DUCK, /iligula cristata.—A winter visitor ; common. 
This small species, one of the most active in diving of all the 
diving Ducks, is occasionally met with on inland ponds. We 
