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SMEW.* 



Jan. 16th, 1828. A SMALL flock of smews ap- 

 peared in Swaffham Fen a day or two back ; one of 

 which, a fine adult male, was shot, and brought me 

 this morning. This species is not often observed in 

 our neighbourhood, except when the weather is 

 severe, which has not been at all the case this present 

 season. Authors generally describe the smew as 

 feeding on small fish, Crustacea, and aquatic insects. 

 The stomach of the present individual, however, 

 was entirely filled with vegetable remains, consisting 

 apparently of some species of fucus or ulva, mixed 

 with gravels. The intestines were very long, and 

 the liver remarkably large. The lower part of the 

 oesophagus was greatly dilated, and filled with a fluid 

 substance. 



DABCHICK.f 



Feb. 22nd , 1827. A DABCHICK was shot to-day. 

 Its stomach contained dyticidce and the remains of 

 other aquatic insects. There was an enlargement of 

 the oesophagus, immediately before the cardiac open- 

 ing, almost equalling in size half the stomach itself. 



RAZOR-BILL.J 



A RAZOR-BILL AUK was picked up alive at Wendy, 

 near Wimpole, in this county, in October 1835, 



* Mergus albellus, Linn. f Podiceps minor, Lath. 



t Alca torda, Linn. 



