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mollissima). 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 clanguld) : the Grey Duck, or 

 Gad wall (Anas strepera) : the Longtailed Duck, or 



1HE SHELDRAKE, BDRROTJOH DUCK, 



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 (Anas 

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

 Velvet Duck, or Double Scoter (Anas fusca) : besides 

 other varieties. 



As these live much in the same manner as the 



