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GENUS CHAULELASMUS. 



GADWALL. 



Chaulelasmus stbeperus (Linnaeus). 



A winter visitor, of rare occurrence. Mr. C. S. 

 Gregson (Proc. Hist. Soc. Lane, i(-c., 1865-66, H. Ecroyd 

 Smith) has one adult and one young bird, both shot 

 near Altcar in April, 1865, and in May of the same year 

 a pair were killed near Stretford (ZooL, 1865, C. W. 

 Devis). One shot on Grimsargh reservoir in March 

 1860, was reported to the Preston Nat. Hist. Society by 

 Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson, and Mr. Joseph Whitaker, of 

 Rainworth, Mansfield, Notts, has been good enough to 

 inform me that he has in his collection a male bird shot 

 in Morecambe Bay in the winter of 1872-73. An adult 

 male was shot December 15th, 1884, at Singleton, near 

 Poulton-le-Fylde, and is now in the possession of Mr. 

 T. H. Miller. 



GENUS QUEEQUEDULA. 



GAEGANEY. 



QUERQUEDULA CIRCIA (LimiSBUS). 



The Garganey is a very rare visitor, and only the 

 following occurrences are known to me : — " One specimen 

 at Ormskirk — Mather " (Byerley, " Fauna of Liverpool," 

 1856) : A male shot at Piufford, April, 1864, now in 

 Mr. C. S. Gregson's collection {Proc. Hist. Soc. Lane, 

 <(■•(?., 1865-66, H. Ecroyd Smith) : Two killed on Martin 

 Mere about the year 1863 by W. Parker of Crossens 

 (P. J. Howard). 



