THE WILD DUCK. '297 



riioUissima). Colonel Hawker says of this duck, 

 " The only three I ever heard of on the Hampshire 

 coast, appeared in a late severe winter; I stopped 

 them all, though I got but one, as the other two beat 

 me in a sea." The Ferruginous Duck (Anas rutila) : 

 the Golden Eye [Anas clayigula) : the Grey Duck, or 

 Gadwall (Anas strepera) : the Longtailed Duck, or 



THE SHELDRAKE, EURROTJGH DUCI 



Swallow-tailed Sheldrake (Anas glacialis): the Pin- 

 tailed Duck, Winter Duck, Sea Pheasant, or Cracker 

 (Anas acuta) : the Scaup Duck (Anas marila) : the 

 Shoveller, Kertlutock, or Broad-billed Duck (A^vxs 

 clijpeata) : the Tufted Duck (Anas fuligula) : the 

 Velvet Duck, or Double Scoter (Anasfusca) : besides 

 other varieties. 



As these live much in the same manner as the 



