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PAGET'S POCHARD. 

 Case 106. 



It is considered that this bird is a cross 

 between the Common Pochard and the White- 

 Eyed Duck. .On carefully comparing it with the 

 two species I think there can be but little doubt on 

 the subject. 



It was quite by chance that the present speci- 

 men was obtained. I had pulled the trigger of the 

 punt-gun at a bunch of Dunbirds^ on Hickling 

 Broad, when the charge hung fire for a second or 

 two, exploding just as the Paget's Pochard 

 happened to be flying past the line of the shot. 

 Had the charge ignited when I pulled the trigger, 

 it must have escaped with a fright alone. 



As above stated, this bird was obtained on 

 Hickling Broad in the east of Norfolk in November, 

 1871. 



See Kough Notes," Vol. III., Plate 12. 



LESSEE TEEN. (MATURE). 

 Case 107. 



During the last fifteen or twenty years this 

 graceful little bird has entirely disappeared from 

 several of its breeding stations in the south of 

 England. 



There are however still numerous localities 

 where it may yet be found, though, I am afraid, in 

 rapidly decreasing numbers. 



The specimens in the case were shot at Rye in 

 Sussex in May, 1860. 



* The Dunbird, or Sandyhead, is one of the names by which the 

 Common Pochard is known among the gunners on the South Coast. A 

 bunch signifies a small Hock. 



