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plants, during the winter months. Thcj never remain to 

 breed with ns. 



Alias crecca. 



Teal. 

 This also is an occasional, but rare, visitor. Its nest has 

 never been found as far as I know, but from its having 

 several times been seen in May and even June, I fancy 

 that they sometimes breed on the Ivennet, 



Alias penelope. 



Wigeon. 

 E,ound Silbury Hill several of these birds have been seen, 

 but, at the same time, they are not common. 



Fuligula clanguia. 



Golden-eye. 

 One of these birds w^as shot in the water-meadows at 

 Mildenhall in 18G6 (?) and is now in the loossession of R. 

 E. Price, Esq., of the Priory, Marlborough. 



Podiceps rubricollis. 



Red-neched Grehe. 

 During the floods at Manton some years ago, one of these 

 birds was seen swimmino* close to the road in a kind of 



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