56 Messrs. Sheppard o«(/ Wiiitear's Catalogne 



the premises on which they were bred. This circumstance ac- 

 counts for their being frequently taken in the decoys, or shot as 

 wild-fowl. 



11. A. strepera (Gad wall, Heart-Duck, Summer Duck). 



In this part of the kingdom the Gadwall is not common. We 

 have seen a few which were killed in Norfolk. 



12. A. acuta (Pintail Duck). 



This kind of Duck is not uncommon, and it is esteemed for 

 the table. 



13. A. Penelope (Widgeon, Smee, Easterling). 



14. A. clypeata (Shoveler, Spoon-bill, Bach). 



The Shoveler remains all the year in Norfolk. Mr. Youell 

 has already stated to the Society the fact of its breeding in that 

 county. We have twice met with its nest in Winterton marshes. 

 It was placed in a tuft of grass, where the ground was quite dry, 

 and made of fine grass. After the female begins to sit, she 

 covers her eggs with doAvn plucked from her body. The eggs 

 are of a cream-colour, and their usual number eight or nine. In 

 one instance as many as thirteen were discovered in a nest. In 

 the spring of 1818 the warrener at Winterton found several nests 

 belonging to this species, containing in the whole fifty-six eggs. 

 The weight of the egg is one ounce two scruples. 



15. A. Querquedula (Garganey, Crick). 



It seems probable that the Garganey sometimes breeds in 

 Norfolk, as the Rev. Henry Tilney of Hock wold had a pair 

 brought to him on the 6th of May 1817, in the female of which 



was 



