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eastern part of Norfolk to breed, as the Rev. Richard Lub- 

 bock sent me word that he had shot the flappers in July and 

 August. The authors of the Catalogue of Norfolk and 

 Suffolk Birds, say also, it seems probable that the Garganey 

 sometimes breeds in Norfolk, as the Rev. Henry Tilney, of 

 Hockwold, had a pair brought to him on the 6th of May, 

 in the female of which was a perfect egg. And Mr. Youell 

 has received a specimen of this duck killed near Yarmouth 

 in June. Mr. Salmon, an accurate observer, says he has 

 never succeeded in obtaining a nest of the Garganey on the 

 western side of Norfolk. 



The Garganey has been but rarely killed in Ireland, and 

 then on the east coast. It is rare in Wales, Cornwall, and 

 Devon. It is rare also in Kent and Essex ; has been 

 quoted as occurring in Norfolk, and is occasionally sent up 

 to the London market from the decoys of Lincolnshire. Mr. 

 Dunn, of Hull, sent me word that he received two in October 

 1840. Mr. Selby says no instance of its capture further 

 north in England has come to his knowledge. Dr. Edward 

 Clarke sent me notice from Edinburgh that six specimens 

 were shot in Stirlingshire during the last fortnight of March 

 1841 ; of these Dr. E. Clarke obtained two examples for his 

 own collection, and speaks in terms of the highest praise of 

 the delicate qualities of these birds as food. Mr. Low men- 

 tions that the Garganey appears in vast numbers in Orkney, 

 but it is probable that he was mistaken in the species, of 

 which he mentions that he never could procure a single spe- 

 cimen for examination. The Garganey is not included among 

 the Birds of Orkney or Shetland, either by Dr. Patrick Neill 

 or Mr. Dunn. Professor Nilsson says it is found in Sweden 

 in summer ; and it is said to inhabit Russia and Siberia. 

 M. Temminck says it is abundant in Holland, Germany, 

 and in some parts of the interior. M. Vicillot says it is 

 found in France in sunnncr, arriving in March, and breeds 



