is 
were taken in the decoy at Hempstead, near Holt, in 
1835. Comp. “ Decoys,” by T. Southwell. (Norw. 
Nat. Trans., 1i., p. 546.) 
PinTAIL—May probably have bred here formerly,! but is 
now a winter visitant, not at all common. It is some- 
times taken at Ranworth, Westwick, and Breydon, and 
formerly at Hempstead before the decoy was closed 
there. 
WiLp Duckx.—Breeds, but receives large migratory ad- 
ditions in winter. The number of ducks now taken 
at Westwick decoy is very small, and I believe the 
same may be said of Southacre and Didlington ; but a 
good many are taken at Wretham. 
GapwaLL.—Originally introduced, this bird is now well- 
established, on at least two estates in West Norfolk. 
I have seen examples which have been killed on 
Breydon “ Broad,” as well as higher up the Yare, and 
as the bird is not uncommon in Holland, these may 
have flown over. 
SHOVELLER.—In June, 1882, Mr. H. Stevenson, Mr. T. 
Southwell and I visited the Wretham meres, where we 
found this species breeding. I have also seen it in 
summer on Hoveton “Broad.” It has occasionally 
occurred on the coast in the depth of winter. 
PocHARD.—On the same visit we saw at least six fleets of 
young pochards, following their parents at Wretham. 
It is a tolerably common duck in winter.? 
RED-CRESTED PocHARD.—The credit of adding this duck 
to the British lists, belongs to a Norfolk naturalist— 
Hunt—who figures a female obtained at Yarmouth in 
July, 1848, and adds that there was another Norfolk 
1 Hunt mentions several specimens in Norwich market in the months 
of June and July (I. c., ii., 293), which indicates breeding. 
? The fact of its breeding with us was first clearly established by Mr. 
Stevenson in 1875, though it had long been surmised. 
