132 THE BIRDS OF BERKS AND BUCKS. 



obtained at Wraysbury in the winter of 1856: this 

 specimen was preserved by Mr. Hasell, of Windsor. 

 A female, in excellent plumage, was procured on the 

 river near Datchet, in the winter of i860. Many 

 years ago several were taken near Windsor, and 

 brought to the Windsor taxidermists for preservation. 

 A female was shot by Mr. G. Lillywhite, of Eton 

 Wick, at Boveney Locks, in January, 1864, while 

 endeavouring to elude the attack of some Swans. 

 A man named Godd^n, who has charge of the lock at 

 Cookham, has a Goosander which he shot in that 

 neighbourhood in the winter of 1866. One was seen 

 on the Thames, near Eton, by a working man, late 

 in the afternoon of the 31st of October, 1867. 



Scarcely a winter elapses in which a few Goosanders 

 are not shot on the Thames ; and in hard weather this 

 species is often found on the reservoirs near Drayton 

 Beauchamp. 



Family — COLYMBID^. 



SCLAVONIAN Grebe {Podiceps cornutus). Also 

 called the Horned and Dusky Grebe, the latter name 

 being probably given to it from the sombre colour of 

 the immature plumage. 



In the winter of 1858 a Sclavonian Grebe was shot 

 in the neighbourhood of Windsor, and was taken for 

 preservation to Mr. Hasell of that town, who in- 

 formed me that he had had several which had been 

 taken at various times in Berkshire, but none of these 



