52 BRITISH BIRDS. 



30th, 1890, and a female at the same place on December 14th, 

 1901 (G. H. Caton Haigh, t.c, 1902, p. 112) ; while another 

 was shot at the same place on December 20th, 1904 (H. E. 

 Forrest, Vert. Fauna N. Wales, p. 277). 



Notts. — One was shot at Besthorpe in November, 1906, 

 and a pair at Clumber in December, 1906, and a few have 

 been seen in recent years at Annesley (J. Whitaker, B. of 

 Notts., p. 196). 



Yorkshire. — Three were obtained at the Teesmouth in 

 October, 1896 (T. H. Nelson, B. of Yorks., p. 451). 



Peeblesshire. — A pair were reported to have nested near 

 Broughton, and to have reared their brood in 1906 (H. B. 

 Marshall, Field, 28, vii., 06). 



In spite of its increase in Norfolk, the Gad wall seems, 

 according to all recent accounts, to be still a rather rare 

 visitor to the rest of Great Britain, and especially so in the 

 west. It does not appear to have established itself as a 

 breeding species in any county but Norfolk and Suffolk. 



Ireland. — Several were hot on Lough Key, co. Roscom- 

 mon, in the winters of 190 >-7 and 1907-8 (H. G. O. Bridgeman, 

 Irish Nat., 1908, p. 101). 



The Gadwall is a scarce and irregular winter visitor to 

 Ireland, and has not apparently been recorded from Ros- 

 common previously, although it has occurred from time to 

 time in most counties. 



SHOVELER Spatula clypeata (L.). S. page 427. 



Lincolnshire. — In August, 1902, Mr. Caton Haigh saw a 

 few Shovelers at Tetney, and was told that at least one pair 

 had bred there ; on August 14th, 1903, he saw two broods 

 at the same place (G. H. Caton Haigh, Zool., 1903, p. 368 ; 

 1904, p. 297). 



Norfolk. — Nearly thirty pairs were breeding at Hoveton 

 in 1906 (J. H. Gurney, t.c, 1907, p. 127). 



Suffolk. — Breeds regularly in the north-east of the county 

 (F. C. R. Jourdain, in litt.). 



Essex. — Mr. H. M. Wallis has found the nest on the coast, 

 and Mr. Miller Christy has recorded it as breeding ( Vict. Hist. 

 Essex). 



Herts. — Nests regularly at Tring (0. V. Aphn, t.c, 1902, 

 p. 68). Near Tring two or three pairs have bred regularly for 

 at least ten or twelve vears (Rothschild and Hartert, Vict. 

 Hist. Bucks., I., p. 145 (1905)). 



Staffordshire. — Now known to breed regularly in several 

 places in the Cannock district (F. C. R. Jourdain in litt.). 



