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140.— WHOOPER SWAN. Cygnus cygnus (J..). 



Winter visitor, not unconimon on flat coasts and estuaries ; rarer on 

 inland waters. 



The following are additional records. One in very poor con- 

 dition received from Anglesey by Dr. R. Newstead, 26th 

 December, 1890. The Vert. Fauna of Cheshire. I., 318, 

 records gaggles seen on the Dee estuary numbering about forty 

 on Cth March, 1890; tAventy-one 24th November, 1901 ; and 

 twenty-five in 1904. 



141.— COIVOION SHELD-DUCK. Tadorna tadorna (L.). 



Resident and common on sandy coasts and estuaries. 



Mr. H. Ecroyd Smith found at Point of Air a nest mth eleven 

 eggs, and states that the clutch usually numbers eleven or 

 twelve and often up to fourteen. Mr. W. M. Gallichan reports 

 it as occasionally visiting Lake Vyrnwy in winter. 



142. — MALLARD. Anas platyrhyncha 2ilatyrhyncha L. 

 More or less common, resident everywhere : numbers greater in winter. 



143. — GADWALL. Anas strepera L. 



Rare winter visitor. 



IVIr. John A. Dockray shot a young male at Heswall on the 

 Dee estuary, 19th August, 1914 {Brit. Birds, VIII., 120). 



144.— SHOVELER. Spatula dypeata (L.). 



Not uncommon in winter on flat coasts ; rarer inland ; breeds in Anglesey 

 and occasionally Merioneth. 



Mr. H. King noted a pair on Llyn Bodgolehed, Anglesey, in 

 the summer of 1909 ; three jjairs in 1910 : in 1911 two pairs 

 nested and brought off seventeen young between them. Mr. 

 G. Bolam saw a pair on Bala Lake, 26th February, 1906. 



145.— PINTAIL. Afias acuta L. 



Winter visitor ; not uncommon on flat coasts ; rare inland. 



Mr. R. W. Jones noted a pair on Conway estuary, 13th March, 

 1909. Dr. C. L. Williams saj-s it occurs at HolyweU ; while 



