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Norwich, the 9th. of November, 1853. In Gloucestershire, 

 one at Mitcheldean, on a pond close to a farm-house, in 

 January, 1847; it had been associating with the Ducks for 

 some days before. In Cornwall, many were observed and 

 procured in various ways and at different places, in the begin- 

 ning of October, 1846, after a strong gale from the S.S.E. 

 They were in a very poor and enfeebled condition. 



In Devonshire one, October 12th., on the River Otter, near 

 Honiton. In Lancashire, one of two which were seen about 

 the same time, on the River Kibble; also two in Worcester- 

 shire, the same month, on the River Severn. In Wiltshire, one 

 is mentioned by Montagu as having been killed at Alderton. 

 In Northumberland, one at the Fern Islands, in the autumn 

 of 1820. In Sussex, on Shoreham sands a few have been met 

 with, feeding in company with some Oyster-catchers, by Mr. 

 Thomas Thorncroft, of Brighton. In Kent, one was shot 

 swimming on the Thames, at Swanscombe, in the autumn of 

 1845, so Mr. M. C. Cooke informs me; Yarrell mentions another 

 shot while swimming on the Thames, near Battersea, in 

 November, 1824; and Meyer two other on the same river one 

 near Shepperton, in December, 1840, and another December 

 2nd., 1841. 



A few occurred in Lincolnshire in the winter of 1854, the 

 Rev. R. P. Alington relates; one of them was obtained by H. 

 Allenby, Esq., on the 15th. of November, in the parish of 

 Thorsby. In Surrey a few have been met with near Godalming 

 and Gruildford; one at the former place November 30th., 1846; 

 about the same time six more were shot near Woking; three 

 near Bagshot, one of them the 25th. of September, 1845; one 

 near Carshalton, the middle of November, 1851. In Oxford- 

 shire, one some years ago, and five others were seen near 

 Chipping Norton, and three of them obtained, one of them a 

 male, and another a young bird, apparently of the year, in the 

 winter of 1846-7. One near Oxford, in the winter of 1852, 

 of which the Hon. T. L. Powys has written me word. In 

 Cambridgeshire, three in the hard winter of 1819-20. In 

 Berkshire, one at Shinfield, in March, 1794. 



In Ireland, four specimens have been procured in different 

 years, all in the autumn. Mr. Thompson has described it as 

 a rare but occasional autumnal visitant. 



In Scotland, likewise, others, as on the banks of the Solway, 

 and from the Frith of Forth. One at Fraserburgh, in 

 Aberdeenshire, the 27th. of October, 1853. 



