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was a perfect egg. And INIr. Youell has received a specimen of 

 this Duck killed near Yarmouth on the 2nd of June 1820. 



16. A. Crecca (Teal). 



A few Teal breed in Norfolk. In the summer of 1817 

 Mr. Youell purchased three live young ones of a person who 

 took them from a nest near Reedham, and reared them by a 

 common Duck. Very small young ones have also been observed 

 in company with their parents upon Ranworth Broad by Mr. Ker- 

 rison of that place ; and they also breed on Scoulton ]\Iere. 



17. A. molUssima (Eider Duck). 



Ari old male Eider Duck in full plumage was shot at Wells 

 m the month of January 1820. There were two others in com- 

 pany with it at the time. In the stomach of this bird there was 

 a considerable quantity of Ec/ihii and Crabs' claws : in another 

 was found a Bucchium reticulatum nearly an inch in length. A 

 female of the same species was killed in the river Orwell the first 

 week in November 1818. 



18. ^. /«sea (Velvet Duck). 



This is a rare species, but it has been sometimes killed both 

 in Norfolk and Suffolk. 



19- A. nigra (Scoter). 



20. A. glacialis (Long-tailed Duck). 



In severe winters these Ducks visit our shores and rivers ; and 

 they have been taken in the decoy at Herringfleet. In the win- 

 ter of 1819-20 they were unusually numerous, particularly at 

 Yarmouth, and many of them were killed. Some of these had 



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