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and now, owing to the drought, easily accessible without having to wade, the 
water standing only in the drains. The keeper next took us to a Gadwall’s 
rest he had found a few days before, when he had put the old bird off from it, 
and was certain she was a Gadwall. Lord Walsingham said he could be relied 
on. The nest was in a dry part of the fen, on the top of a tussock, not much 
concealed, and contained three eggs, which we took, with some of the 
down. These eggs I have marked.‘No. 1.’ They have a greenish hue and 
were fresh. 
“The keeper then took Lord Walsingham and me to the supposed 
Shoveler’s nest. He, as before, walked in front, and when within a couple of 
yards of the nest the bird rose. We were close at his heels, and we both 
exclaimed ‘Gadwall,’ which it evidently was, the small beak and the white on 
the wings being conspicuous. The nest, which was rather more concealed 
than the other, was in the same situation, and contained seven eggs, of which 
we took three, and I marked them ‘No. 22. On blowing them I found two 
hard set and one quite rotten. The keeper in explanation of his mistake said 
he had not before seen the bird, which he now admitted was a Gadwall, but 
had judged it to be a Shoveler’s nest from the look of the eggs and knowing 
that a pair of Shovelers had a nest somewhere in the fen. These eggs are 
very different from those of the first nest, being of a clay-colour, and longer 
and larger. We saw a pair of Teal, several Mallards, and I put a Wild Duck 
off her nest containing nine eges.” 
The difference of colour in the eggs of the two nests, noticed by my brother 
when they were taken, is still plainly visible; and I am not wholly free from 
doubt whether nest “ No. 1,” from which we did not see the bird, may not have 
been a Shoveler’s, though No. 2 was assuredly a Gadwall’s. } 
‘ ANAS FALCATA, Georgi. 
[§ 5547. One.—* Lac Baical.”” From M. Verreaux, 1871. 
Presumably from Dr, Dy bowski, who describes (Journ. fiir Orn. 1873, p. 109) 
eggs taken near Darasun, and is said to have obtained others at the mouth of 
the Ussuri (op. eit. 1875, p. 257), but there is no particular mention of . 
Lake Baikal, though it would seem that he found the species abundant 
throughout all the country he traversed. | 
ANAS FORMOSA, Georgi. 
[§ 5548. One.—Chayachia Zaimka, Kolyma River, 5 July, 
1905. From Mr. S. A. Buturlin, through Mr, Dresser, 
1906. 
The locality has been before mentioned (§ 5445). I am informed that 
this is one out of a nest of three, taken as above. ] 
