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EGYPTIAN GOOSE. 



Shot on Willingham Fen, Cambridgeshire, in the winter 

 of 1842-3. 



RED-CRESTED POCHAED. 



Two specimens of this very rare British Duck ; one, an 

 adult male, was given to the late Mr. Doubleday by a friend, 

 who stated that it was obtained near Yarmouth, Norfolk ; 

 the other, an immature specimen, was skinned and mounted 

 by Mr. Doubleday himself, to whom it was sent in the flesh 

 from Yarmouth, in March, 1837. 



FERRUGINOUS DUCK. 



This very rare bird was shot in Lincolnshire, and comes 

 from the Borrer collection. Paget's Pochard (Case 106) is 

 believed to be a cross between this species and the Common 

 Pochard (Case 105). 



SCLAVONIAN GREBE. 



An adult male, obtained in Lincolnshire, June, 1846. 



EARED GREBE. 



Shot by Mr. Borrer on the Salts Farm, near Lancing, 

 Sussex, in April, 1854. In full breeding plumage. 



" Birds of Sussex," p. 301. 



Another obtained in Lincolnshire in 1832, and a third, 

 a young bird of the year, obtained near Cambridge in 1835. 



LITTLE GULL. 



Three specimens of this very pretty little Gull from 

 the Borrer collection. One, an immature bird, was shot on 

 the Beach at Seaf ord, Sussex, after a heavy gale from the east,. 

 by the Eev. K. H. Dennis, of East Blatchington, October 

 16th, 1846. (" Birds of Sussex," p. 262), Another, in adult 



