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It is far from uncommon in Norfolk and 

 Suffolk, arriving about the latter end of March or 

 beginning of April. Several pairs usually nest in 

 the reed beds and rough marshes in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Hickling Broad. 



The young in their first plumage are by no 

 means unlike the Common Teal of the same age, 

 but the pale blue feathers on the wing at once 

 indicate their species. 



The specimens in the case were shot on 

 Hickling Broad in Norfolk in May, 1870. 



TEAL. 



Case 58. 



The Teal is one of our commonest ducks, 

 numbers remaining with us all the year round to 

 rear their young, and large flocks arriving from 

 the Continent in the winter, generally making their 

 appearance a day or two before we are visited by 

 severe weather. 



They are usually unsuspicious of danger, but, 

 like all wildfowl, they have their restless moods, 

 and when this is the case it is almost impossible to 

 approach within gunshot of them. 



The female and brood were obtained on a hill 

 loch in the west of Eoss-shire in May, 1868 ; the 

 male being killed near Bonner Bridge earlier in 

 the season. 



CUCKOO. (IMMATURE). 

 Case 59. 



In this case the young bird is represented as 

 being fed by its foster-parent, the Titlark or 

 Meadow Pipit. 



