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duck, with a tendency to assume the wider white bars on 

 the wing of the drake. Thanks are due to Mr. Pratt for 

 obtaining the loan of the Iceland skins above referred 

 to. (Ed.) 



EIDEE DUCK. 



Two immature drakes, shot off Lancing, October 4th, 

 1882. 



See " Kough Notes," Vol. III., Plate 9. 



SMEW. 



An immature male, shot on Hickling Broad on 24th 

 January, 1882, having just caught and with great difficulty 

 disposed of a roach of considerable size. 



See " Kough Notes," Vol. III., Plate 14. 



An adult male, found dead in February, 1836, under a 

 snow drift on the bank of a ditch in the Level near 

 Alfriston, Sussex, and given to Mr. Borrer by Mr. Morgan 

 in December, 1840. (" Birds of Sussex," p. 365). 



Also an adult female, killed at Thornham, Norfolk, 

 January 28th, 1838. (Borrer collection). 



Another adult male, also from the Borrer collection. 

 Shot in Lincolnshire, March, 1845. 



Among those acquired since Mr. Booth's death, besides 

 the Ked-necked Grebe, Puffin and Smews above referred to, 

 are the following : 



HONEY BUZZARD. 



One, an adult male, shot in the summer of 1837 in 

 Ashburnham Park, Sussex. Another, a mature female, shot 

 at Newtimber, Sussex, in the summer of 1841, and a third, a 

 young male, shot by Mr. Alfred Smith, in Shave Wood, 

 Albourne, September 18th, 1845, while scratching out a 

 wasps' nest. (Borrer collection). 



" Birds of Sussex," p. 20, and plate opposite p. 5. 



Another shot at Pett Level, Eye, October 20th, 1899. 

 Acquired by purchase. 



