164 BIRDS OF CHESHIRE. 
GADWALL. 
ANAS STREPERA, Linnzeus. 
The Gadwall seldom occurs in the west of England, 
and we only know of the existence of one Cheshire 
example. Captain Congreve has a bird in his collection 
at Burton, labelled ‘March 13th, 1845.’!_ Brockholes’ 
remark, ‘Has been shot some years ago on the Dee,’? 
possibly refers to this specimen. 
SHOVELER. 
SPATULA CLYPEATA (Linnzeus). 
The Shoveler is known as a winter visitor to the 
neighbourhood of Chester and to the Dee Marshes. 
Brockholes states that in Wirral flocks are occasionally 
met with on ponds as well as on the Dee Marshes,? 
and Captain Congreve has a water-colour drawing of 
a bird obtained at Burton in September 1839. There 
are three specimens in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, 
shot by Mr. H. Garland in January 1888, on the Eaton 
Estate, where Dr. Dobie says the bird is not uncommon 
in winter? 
In other parts of the county this Duck has not often 
been observed. A female was shot at Tushingham 
Hall, near Malpas, on October 14th, 1875 ;* and in April 
1890, Messrs. N. Neave and J. H. Salter saw two 
Shovelers which had been found on March 31st on the 
western side of a wall which runs along the summit 
? Dobie, op. cit. p. 328. ? Brockholes, op. cit. p. 14. 
3 Dobie, op. cit. p. 324. 
4D. Vawdrey, Field, vol. xlvi. p. 504. 1875. 
